Tom's Terrible Brothers II

Belgian Specialty Ale

This is a 2004 BJCP style 16e beer brewed at Two Brothers brewing company on the 2007 Big Brew day.

Recipe: Belgian Specialty Ale
Volume: 5 gallons
Dates:

Brew date: May 5, 2006
Transfer to secondary: May 19, 2006
Kegging: June 2, 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 1.065 base wort 3.3 lb of Briess Traditional Dark LME	1.065 1.035	450.0 115.5
	Pre-boil: Target:	565.5 565.5	/ 7 gal = 80.8 >>> 1.081 / 5 gal = 113.1 >>> 1.113

Hops

2.5 oz Hallertauer - 4.8% avg alpha Utilization: 60 minutes @ 1.090 = 16.1%	*IBU = 2.5 3.2 * 16.1 * 0.75 / 5 = 19.3**
0.5 oz Hallertauer - 4.8% avg alpha Utilization: 10 minutes @ 1.090 = 5.8%	*IBU = 0.5 3.2 * 5.8 * 0.75 / 5 = 1.4**
0.5 oz Hallertauer - 4.8% avg alpha Utilization: 3 minutes @ 1.090 = 1.8%	*IBU = 0.5 3.2 * 1.8 * 0.75 / 5 = 0.4**
	Total IBU = 21

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 ~7 gallons of 1.065 wort from 2 Brothers mash. Boiled through break for 25 minutes then add 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 1.100. Collected ~5 gallons, aerated and pitched yeast. Fitted stopper and airlock and placed at 75f.

Fermentation

Observations of primary stage (14 days @ 75 f)

1 day: 1.25" foam, 61 bubbles per minute
2 days: 1" foam, 60 bubbles per minute
3 days: 5/8" foam, 58 bubbles per minute
4 days: 1/8" foam, 46 bubbles per minute
5 days: film of foam, 11 bubbles per minute

Transferred to second carboy taking specific gravity reading of 1.026. Fitted with airlock and placed at 75 f. Also captured a 2 liter bottle and placed in fridge under 30 lbs/sq in CO2 to force carbonate.

Secondary stage (14 days @ 75 f)

Kegging:

Transferred to keg taking specific gravity reading of 1.024. Put under 30 lbs/sq in CO2 and placed in fridge to force carbonate. Also captured a 2 liter bottle and placed in fridge under 30 lbs/sq in CO2 to force carbonate.

See Tom's Terrible Brothers II labels here.

Results:

TBD