Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:45 pm
So I don't have a tried and true recipe but I do for a Golden. For a Tripel, I'd just swap some of the Pils for Munich or Vienna malt. The key is a good Belgian yeast that YOU like. I prefer 3787 fermented around 72F.
Something like:
A ProMash Recipe Report
Batch Size (Gal): 5.00 Wort Size (Gal): 5.00
Anticipated OG: 1.080 Plato: 19.43
Anticipated SRM: 5.8
Anticipated IBU: 32.3
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
% Amount Name Extract SRM
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46.2 6.00 lbs. Pilsener 1.034 2
7.7 1.00 lbs. Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt 1.005 2
30.8 4.00 lbs. Munich Malt 1.023 6
15.4 2.00 lbs. Sugar 1.018 0
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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56.00 g. Hallertauer Whole 4.00 30.7 60 min.
15.00 g. Hallertau Hersbrucker Whole 4.75 1.6 5 min.