So I took a stab at creating my first recipe. Here's what I got. Please help me critique it since I don't know what I am doing. I did use this source for brewing dubbels which helped me a lot:
www.babblehomebrewers.com/attachments/article/67/belgianale.pdf
My biggest concern is the small amount of hops. But I was shooting for 30 IBUs and that is the only way I could get it so low. Does the percentage of the other ingredients make sense? I was guessing on most of them. I also tried to match the darkness of this beer (40 srm or so) and I got it to 34.9. Any help is greatly appreciated!!!! Thank you so much!
smuttynose winter ale
Belgian Dubbel
Type: All Grain
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal Brewer:
Boil Size: 6.52 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Pot and Cooler ( 5 Gal/19 L) - All Grain
End of Boil Volume 5.98 gal Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Final Bottling Volume: 4.60 gal Est Mash Efficiency 84.2 %
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage Taste Rating(out of 50): 30.0
Taste Notes:
Ingredients
Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
9 lbs 4.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 78.7 %
8.0 oz Carafa II (412.0 SRM) Grain 2 4.3 %
4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 3 2.1 %
4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 30L (30.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.1 %
4.0 oz Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.1 %
4.0 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 6 2.1 %
1 lbs Candi Sugar, Dark (275.0 SRM) Sugar 7 8.5 %
0.50 oz Bravo [15.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 8 24.3 IBUs
0.75 oz Sterling [7.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 6.4 IBUs
0.50 oz Sterling [7.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Abbey Ale (White Labs #WLP530) [35.49 ml] Yeast 11 -
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.063 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.7 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.7 %
Bitterness: 30.7 IBUs Calories: 151.6 kcal/12oz
Est Color: 34.9 SRM