Tom and the Brothers Terrible

Belgian Specialty Ale

This is a 2004 BJCP style 16e beer brewed at Two Brothers brewing company on the 2006 Big Brew day.

Recipe: Belgian Specialty Ale
Volume: 5 gallons
Dates:

Brew date: May 6, 2006
Transfer to secondary: May 18, 2006
Kegging: June 1, 2006

Ingredients:

Water source: Base wort supplied by Two Brothers
Yeast: WLP500 Belgian Trappist

Grain bill

	Potential sg pppg	Points per gal
7 gallons of 1.060 base wort 1 lb of porter DME 1.5 lb Corn Sugar	1.060 1.036 1.046	420.0 36.0 69.0
	Pre-boil: Target:	535.0 535.0	/ 6 gal = 89.1 >>> 1.089 / 5 gal = 107.0 >>> 1.107

Hops

2.5 oz Hallertauer - 4.8% avg alpha Utilization: 60 minutes @ 1.090 = 16.1%	*IBU = 2.5 4.8 * 16.1 * 0.75 / 5 = 29.0**
0.5 oz Hallertauer - 4.8% avg alpha Utilization: 10 minutes @ 1.090 = 5.8%	*IBU = 0.5 4.8 * 5.8 * 0.75 / 5 = 2.1**
0.5 oz Hallertauer - 4.8% avg alpha Utilization: 3 minutes @ 1.090 = 1.8%	*IBU = 0.5 4.8 * 1.8 * 0.75 / 5 = 0.6**
	Total IBU = 32

Activity Log

Yeast Starter:

About 40 hours before the brew, boiled 6 ounces of DME in 1.4 liters of water and cooled. Shook to aerate, pitched yeast, fitted stopper and airlock, and placed at 75f.

Boil:

Filled 10 gallon Polarware pot with ~6.5 gallons of 1.065 wort from 2 Brothers mash. Boiled through break for 40 minutes then added first hops. Boiled for 50 minutes then added second hops. Boiled for 7 minutes then added third hops. Boiled for 3 minutes then removed heat. Cooled through counterflow chiller taking specific gravity reading of 1.112. Collected ~4 gallons, and pitched yeast. Fitted stopper and airlock and placed at 75f.

Fermentation

Observations of primary stage (14 days @ 75 f)

15 hours: carboy filled with foam and airlock stopped up so fitted with small blow-off tube which bubbles heavily between chunks of ejecta
1 day: carboy filled with foam, 300 bubbles per minute through blow-off tube
2 days: 1/2 inch of foam, 200 bubbles per minute through blow-off tube
3 days: film of foam, switched to airlock, 35 bubbles per minute
4 days: film of foam, 21 bubbles per minute
5 days: no foam, 7 bubbles per minute
6 days: no foam, 4 bubbles per minute
7 days: no foam, 3 bubbles per minute
8 days: no foam, 2 bubbles per minute
9 days: no foam, 1 bubble per 40 seconds

Filled 2 liter bottle 4/5 full, put at 30 lbs/sq in CO2 and placed in fridge. Took specific gravity reading of 1.022 which puts ABV at about 12.2%. Siphoned remainder to 5 gallon carboy. Fitted with stopper and airlock and placed at 72f.

Kegging:

Filled 2 liter and 1 liter bottles 4/5 full, put at 30 lbs/sq in CO2 and placed in fridge. Took specific gravity reading of 1.021. Siphoned remainder into 3 gal keg and placed in fridge under 30 lbs/sq in CO2 to force carbonate.

See Tom and the Brothers labels here.

Results:

TBD