- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- Wyeast 3787, Trappist High Gravity
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 3 gallons
- Original Gravity
- 1.052
- Final Gravity
- 1.020
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 50 minutes
- Color
- brown/red
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 3 days
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 5 days
- Tasting Notes
- Extremely crisp and refreshing, not too sweet
This was one of my early beers in my brewing career. It is probably still the best beer I have made. Unlike most fruit beers, this one is not too sweet, and the raspberry flavor is pronounced with a roasted caramel after taste (with raspberries still). Has a very complex flavor.
Grain:
2 lbs Castle Belgian pale ale malt
1 lb light crystal malt
1 lb special B
1 lb Cara-Vienna malt
1 lb Belgian aromatic malt (yes, a whole pound)
8 oz malted oats
Other:
1.5 lbs raspberries (smashed)
2x vanilla beans
0.5 oz Irish moss
8 oz dark Belgian candi sugar
1 cup honey
Hop Schedule:
0.25 oz Golding (60 min)
0.25 oz German Hersbrucker (60 min)
0.25 oz Fuggles (60 min)
0.25 oz Fuggles (15 min)
0.10 oz Cascade (15 min)
Mashed grains at 153 degrees for 50 minutes. Boil for 60 minutes. At 15 minutes before the end of the boil, add raspberries, brown sugar, honey, vanilla beans, and Irish moss. Strain solids out of the wort into the primary.
I got visible fermentation in two hours after pitching. Really violent, quick fermentation.
I will definitely try this one again. I will try for higher alcohol content. The head was like snow, and the flavors were excellent!
Grain:
2 lbs Castle Belgian pale ale malt
1 lb light crystal malt
1 lb special B
1 lb Cara-Vienna malt
1 lb Belgian aromatic malt (yes, a whole pound)
8 oz malted oats
Other:
1.5 lbs raspberries (smashed)
2x vanilla beans
0.5 oz Irish moss
8 oz dark Belgian candi sugar
1 cup honey
Hop Schedule:
0.25 oz Golding (60 min)
0.25 oz German Hersbrucker (60 min)
0.25 oz Fuggles (60 min)
0.25 oz Fuggles (15 min)
0.10 oz Cascade (15 min)
Mashed grains at 153 degrees for 50 minutes. Boil for 60 minutes. At 15 minutes before the end of the boil, add raspberries, brown sugar, honey, vanilla beans, and Irish moss. Strain solids out of the wort into the primary.
I got visible fermentation in two hours after pitching. Really violent, quick fermentation.
I will definitely try this one again. I will try for higher alcohol content. The head was like snow, and the flavors were excellent!