#14 Strong Dark Belgian

Not so much a belgian, but a belgian inspired ale. I got a hold of the limited release of Unibroue's yeast strain, so I'm doing a beer that's somewhat inspired by their trois pistoles ale. I switched things up by going with american hop varieties, so we'll see how this whole experiment turns out in a few weeks.

I was assisted today by my long time friend Joshua Sowards. He's up from Florida for a few days wishing he could move back (he lived here for a few months last year than had to go back to FL). So we're ending his stay with a brewing lesson.

Original Gravity: 1.086 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 8.41 %
Bitterness: 19.6 IBU
Est Color: 24.8 SRM

Batch size: 3.5gal


Grain:
7.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 61.21 %
2.50 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) Bel (3.0 SRM) Grain 21.86 %
0.45 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 3.90 %
0.45 lb Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 3.90 %
0.25 lb Black Barley (Stout) (500.0 SRM) Grain 2.19 %
0.16 lb Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 1.39 %
0.64 lb Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 5.56 %

Hops:
7.50 gm Magnum [14.00 %] (90 min) Hops 15.5 IBU
4.00 gm Centennial [10.00 %] (15 min) Hops 2.7 IBU
3.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (5 min) Hops 0.7 IBU
0.08 tsp Anise, Star (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
0.08 tsp Anise, Star (Boil 5.0 min) Misc

Yeast: Wyeast Belgian Canadian