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Dubbel Vision - A Belgian Dubbel

by Stewy

Feb 3, 2014

Batch size: 20L

OG 1053

FG 1012

IBU 19

**** The final FG ended up as .998 due to the hungry MG Yeast making this a 6.5% brew.

Fermentables:

Pilsner 2.5kg mash
Wheat 500g mash
Aromatic Barley 240g mash
Caramel 40L 230g mash
raisons 100g mash
Melanoidin 100g mash
CaraAroma 100g mash
Vienna 100g mash
Sugar table 280g boil
Muscavado 280g boil

Hops: Pacific Gem 60min: 10g

Yeast: M27 Mangrove Jacks Belgian Ale

Finings: Irish Moss 5g @ 15min

Mash at 65C for 90min

Mashout 75C for 15min

Boil for 90min

Fermentation: 26C rising to 29C over 1 week, leaving for 2 weeks to finish

Bulk Prime: 115g table sugar, 2.2vols.

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    Crusader-Rob

    Had this last night. Nice beer considering where the FG Ended. I've never had a beer with such a low FG. LOL
    Aroma: Belgian spice banana and light mild saison type aroma.
    Appearance clear Amber. Good carb no head to speak of.
    Flavour: nice Belgian spice much like the nose little bit of malt to back it up. I get a solventy taste. Which is probably the low FG nice enough.
    Mouthfeel: thin tasting due to such a low FG and suger additions. Sugar is normal for Belgian beers like this. Increase the body and it'll be a good beer.

    Apr 18, 2014

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      oliver

      Aroma: huge metallic aroma, lots of nailpolish too, strong plastic phenols coming through as it warms up.

      Flavour: massive metallic note, very hard to drink. Metallic flavour is dropping off a little, getting a very astringent finish now that lingers quite a bit.

      Appearance: golden amber, decent clarity, thin lasting head.

      Overall: I found this undrinkable, maybe I just got a bad bottle and I'm quite sensitive to metallic flavours. Not sure what could have caused this but I'd try starting the ferment a bit cooler next time? Don't have much experience with belgians though. Looking at everyone else's comments I must have gotten a bad bottle :p.

      Apr 29, 2014

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        Julie Fitzjohn

        Hi Dean.  really interested to try this as I tried a beer with M27 at the same time which also went nuts (see your Facebbok Other folder - keen to flick you some to grit your teeth and try....)

        appearance - golden, clear, head almost not there

        aroma - some spice, some ester, maybe a touch of phenol? (neophyte speaking)

        taste - some spice. some acid kick/backbone. almost some orange. integrates.  my partner says honey/maple syrup then marmite which is an odd thought

        mouthfeel - thin but nice. drinkable. probably too drinkable for ABV. carb is good and more than i expected without head (is this the very low FG?)

        overall - enjoyable. I wondered maybe more strong saison rather than dubbel, but i seldom know what I am talking about

        thank you

        Jun 1, 2014