Strong Golden Ale
Style:
 Belgian Strong Ale
Brewed on:
01/12/08
Bottled on:
 02/06/08
 O.G. 1.063 F.G.  1.004  Abv.  7.75
 Ingredients:

Grains/Extract/Sugars
10.5 # 2-row (meant to use pils, grabbed the wrong sack!)   

Adjuncts/Random:
1.75 # Corn Sugar

Hops:
.5 oz UK First Gold @ 7 (60)
.5 oz UK First Gold @ 7 (30)
2.5 oz US Saaz @ 2.3 (0)

Yeast:
Wyeast 1388
Brewing Notes: Mash in with 12 quarts to hit 151.
Mash out with 5.75 quarts, collect 3.25 gallons
Sparge with 3 gallons @ 212 to hit 170
Collect 3 gallons for a total of 6.25

Transferred to secondary 1/19. SG = 1.021. Oxygenated a bit to encourage fermentation.

Yield:
30 x 12oz = 360oz
4 x 22oz = 88oz
4 x 750ml = 101.6oz

549oz/4.3 gallons
Tasting Notes: Somehow I didn't take notes on this one until the last bottle..

Tasted 1/18/09 (just over a year after brewing)
7/3///
Pours nice gold, fluffy white head that fades relatively quickly, minimal lacing. Nose is more Saxo than Duvel - malty with a bit of spicy, peppery yeast. A little bit of Banana & other fruity sweetness. Its hard to really judge this, since its a year old, but its solid enough - could be more intense. Flavor is malt, banana, very light soap, yeast, pepper. Some saison-like twang - hard to put into words. Nice dry finish.

Overall this isn't to style - its somewhere between a Strong Golden, a Belgian Blonde & a Tripel. Not bad, not awful.. but not my favorite style either.
     

 
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