CrookedTail
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- Recipe Type
- Partial Mash
- Yeast
- Wyeast 3711
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 5
- Original Gravity
- 1.052
- Final Gravity
- 1.010
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 60
- IBU
- 28.6
- Color
- 7.5 SRM
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 3 weeks
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 1 week
- Tasting Notes
- American hops with a slight Belgian twist. Awesome!
This beer came about because of SWMBO. She loves Belgian-style beers, and recently tried Ommegang's BPA, which is a Belgian pale ale that is dry-hopped with cascades. As her birthday came closer, she requested that I try to brew something along the same lines.
What I ended up doing was take an APA recipe that enjoy, and adjusted the hops it fit the IBUs of a true Belgian pale ale. I've tried too many Belgian IPAs where the hops and yeast conflict with one another. I didn't want that happening here.
The resulting beer is a delicious and quaffable pale ale, with (in my opinion at least) a nice balance between the American hops and Belgian/French yeast profile. SWMBO loved it!!!
CTB "Le Chat Avec La Queue Tordue" Belgo-American Pale Ale
5 Gallons, Partial-Mash
Fermentables
4 lbs Pilsner Malt
1 lb Vienna Malt
.5 lb Crystal 60L
3.15 lbs Pilsen LME
Hops
.75 oz Perle (7.5% AAU) @ 60 min
.75 oz Cascade (6% AAU) @ 10 min
.75 oz Cascade (6% AAU) @ 5 min
.5 oz Cascade (6% AAU) @ flameout
1 oz Cascade Dry-hop
Yeast
Wyeast 3711 French Saison
What I ended up doing was take an APA recipe that enjoy, and adjusted the hops it fit the IBUs of a true Belgian pale ale. I've tried too many Belgian IPAs where the hops and yeast conflict with one another. I didn't want that happening here.
The resulting beer is a delicious and quaffable pale ale, with (in my opinion at least) a nice balance between the American hops and Belgian/French yeast profile. SWMBO loved it!!!
CTB "Le Chat Avec La Queue Tordue" Belgo-American Pale Ale
5 Gallons, Partial-Mash
Fermentables
4 lbs Pilsner Malt
1 lb Vienna Malt
.5 lb Crystal 60L
3.15 lbs Pilsen LME
Hops
.75 oz Perle (7.5% AAU) @ 60 min
.75 oz Cascade (6% AAU) @ 10 min
.75 oz Cascade (6% AAU) @ 5 min
.5 oz Cascade (6% AAU) @ flameout
1 oz Cascade Dry-hop
Yeast
Wyeast 3711 French Saison