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Firstly I appreciate Duvel is a Devil to clone but I'm damned if I'm not going to try.
This will be my 14th brew. I've trawled the web and finally settled with this recipe as my base.
http://byo.com/mead/item/1743-duvel-belgian-ale-clone
Batch size 20l
1.8kg Pale Malt
0.25 kg Cara Vienna Malt
2.0kg LDME
.5kg Candi Sugar
40g Saaz
Wyeast 3787 (Belgian Strong Ale)
1. Create 2l starter with .2kg LDME 2 days prior?
2. Steep/mash cracked grain in 10l Esky @ 66C for 90min in 5L stirring every 15mins and topping up with boiled water to maintain temp.
3. Rinse into Brew Kettle with 7l 70c water.
4. Bring to Boil, add 1.8kg LDME & Saaz for 90min
5. Remove from heat cover with glad wrap and Lid, slow chill overnight to 20-22c.
6. Empty into fermenter top up with water to 20l
7. Pitch 2l yeast starter
8. Ferment at 20c for 2 weeks.
9. Rack to secondary and cold condition @10c for 2 weeks.
10. Condition for further week @20c for 1 week
11. Prime & Bottle with table sugar and age @8c for 4 weeks and then store.
Few questions.
This will be my 14th brew. I've trawled the web and finally settled with this recipe as my base.
http://byo.com/mead/item/1743-duvel-belgian-ale-clone
Batch size 20l
1.8kg Pale Malt
0.25 kg Cara Vienna Malt
2.0kg LDME
.5kg Candi Sugar
40g Saaz
Wyeast 3787 (Belgian Strong Ale)
1. Create 2l starter with .2kg LDME 2 days prior?
2. Steep/mash cracked grain in 10l Esky @ 66C for 90min in 5L stirring every 15mins and topping up with boiled water to maintain temp.
3. Rinse into Brew Kettle with 7l 70c water.
4. Bring to Boil, add 1.8kg LDME & Saaz for 90min
5. Remove from heat cover with glad wrap and Lid, slow chill overnight to 20-22c.
6. Empty into fermenter top up with water to 20l
7. Pitch 2l yeast starter
8. Ferment at 20c for 2 weeks.
9. Rack to secondary and cold condition @10c for 2 weeks.
10. Condition for further week @20c for 1 week
11. Prime & Bottle with table sugar and age @8c for 4 weeks and then store.
Few questions.
- Is the starter the right volume?
- Is there any benefit swapping any all the LDME with LLME or grain? If so at what ratio, keeping in mind I only have 10L esky for grain.