Belgian Table Beer - Brew Date: 3/29/11

So "Threat Level Midnight" has been put on hold for a few more days. The only reason being that I needed to make a huge starter for such a massive batch. So instead of that I decided to make a Belgian Table Beer; and use the yeast cake from that to pitch the stout onto. The recipe is pretty simple. It's mostly Belgian Pils with a few pounds of wheat. I added a small amount of Special B. for color, along with some 60L Crystal and then just a dash of chocolate malt.

The hops are only Brewer's Gold as FWH addition and then a flameout addition. I'm shooting for a beer with good drinkability, not huge alcohol, a pleasant hop aroma with a strong yeast profile. It's fermented with Wyeast 3522 Belgian Ardennes.

Recipe:

60 minute mash at 151 degrees

5lbs. Belgian Pils

3lbs. White Wheat Malt

8oz. American 60L Crystal Malt

4oz. Special B. Malt

2oz. Chocolate Malt

1oz. Brewer's Gold Hops 8%AA FWH

1oz. Brewers Gold Hops 8%AA Flameout

3522 Belgian Ardennes Yeast