Rate my grist #2 - Belgian Quad
Rate my grist #2 - Belgian Quad
So you guys might remember my previous post about a Belgian Golden Strong Ale. That one was actually a "starter" for this one. What are your thoughts about it? I intend to fermet it with Belle Saison at 23+°c.
In terms of recipe, it's a bit more complicated than I normally go for (the last Quad I made was just pilsner malt and D180 Candi Syrup added at high krausen!) but it looks fine to me. The most important part of the recipe for these big Belgian beers is the yeast choice. What yeast are you using and what kind of temperature/fermentation schedule are you going for? The other piece of advice I have is that most Belgian beers have a relatively short fermentation but then an extended bottle conditioning time (and this is where they develop most of the classic Belgian flavors). Expect to age this for at least 6 months before it starts tasting how you want it to (and most likely longer than that)
Thanks for the replay. I've brewd a handful of dubbel and one trippel before, but have gone way wrong in the French oak to the point it got unbearable. It took something like 8 months to start been drinkable, and It was over in something like a week hahahah. For this one I'm using Lallemand Belle Saison, starting in 20°c and just letting it go till is stops rising. Gonna set my tic to 30°c - the upper temp limit specified in the yeast chart and let it go its way. Guess priming with 6sh g/L of table sugar and letting it set for a long time is the way to go, although it's gonna be tough to handle the drinking desire hahahaha
Hey, very new to the brewing game. What app is this? As someone who lives in belgium, I find the quad pretty difficult for microbreweries to get right. A dubbel is a bit more forgiving as far as getting the flavors balanced. I could just be talking out of my ass though as I am a beer drinker currently and not a brewer 😉 just what I have heard!
The app looks like the Brewfather web app. They have a free tier account with lots of functionalities.
Thanks for replying. This app is brewfather indeed, as someone has pointed out. It has a lot of features in the free vs, just a limit of 10 recipes stored simultaneously. About been a drinker not a brewer, this is a huge part of of brewing. One can not brew great beer without knowing how a great beer should taste. Unfortunately, those Belgian beers are really expensive where I live, I've had fine samples of those while traveling abroad only :/