Bière de Garde
Finalist, NHC, Belgian and French Ale, 1996
Aida Sulzbach
(All-Grain)
Ingredients for 5 gallons
| 8 | pounds pale ale malt |
| 4.5 | pounds Vienna malt |
| 1 | pound dark brown sugar |
| .5 | pound Belgian Special "B" malt |
| .5 | pound CaraPils malt |
| .5 | pound corn sugar |
| 1 | ounce Northern Brewer hop pellets, 6.9% AA (45 minutes) |
| Belgian ale and Belgian lager yeast (2 types) | |
| .75 | cup corn sugar (to prime) |
| Original gravity: | 1.092 |
| Final gravity: | 1.032 |
| Boiling time: | 120 minutes |
| Primary fermentation: | 16 days at 60 ºF in glass |
| Secondary fermentation: | — |
| Age when judged: | 10.5 months |
Notes
Mash grains at 159 ºF for 120 minutes.