Chimay Red

Description:

A Belguin beer that has a sweet aroma and flavor with traces of black currants.

Size:

• 5 gallons

Ingredients:

• 10 lb. 2-row
• 4 oz. Aromatic
• 8 ozs. Cara Munich
• 1 ozs. Chocolate
• 1 1/2 lb. Clear andi sugar
• 1 1/2 oz. Tettnanger
• 1/4 oz. Styrian Golds
• 1/4 oz. Hallertau Hersbruker
• 1 tsp. Irish Moss
• Wyeast 1214 or recultured yeast from a Chimay Red bottle

Brewing Instructions:

Mash All grains at 150f for 90 min.Sparge and accumulate 1 1/2 gallons of wort and bring this to a boil.Remove from heat and add the candi sugar and 1 1/2 oz. Tettenangers.Boil this for 90 min. After 75 min. add the Styrians, Hersbrukers,and the Irish Moss.Boil for 15 more min.Remove from heat,cool, add water to raise volume to 5 gallons,and pitch yeast.

Fermentation:

• Primary for 7 days.
• Secondary for 7 days.

• O.G.-1.070
• F.G.-1.010
• Alcohol-7%