West of the Nest 12
Westlake Brewing Co. club brewed Westvleteren 12 Clone
Brewed By: Alex Samovitz, Donovan Nebreklievski, John Aitchison, Jim Wilson, 10 more Falcons
Brew Date: 04/09/2016
West of the Nest 12
| Method: | All Grain | Style: | Belgian Dark Strong Ale |
| Boil Time: | 90 min | Batch Size: | 90 gallons (fermentor volume) |
| Boil Size: | 92.85 gallons | Efficiency: | 70% (brew house) |
| Boil Gravity: | 1.085 (recipe based estimate) | Hop Utilization Multiplier: | 1 |
Original Gravity: 1.087
Final Gravity: 1.021
ABV (standard): 8.73%
IBU (tinseth): 31.39
SRM (morey): 13.23
Mash pH: 0
Fermentables
| Amount | Fermentable | PPG | °L | Bill % |
| 250 lb | Belgian Pilsner Malt | 37 | 1.6 | 82.1% |
| 4.5 lb | Special B | 34 | 115 | 1.5% |
| 50 lb | Invert Sugar #2 | 36 | 25 | 16.4% |
Hops
| Amount | Variety | Type | AA | Use | Time | IBU |
| 16 oz | Magnum | Leaf/Whole | 14 | Boil | 60 min | 31.39 |
Mash Guidelines
| Amount | Description | Type | Temp | Time |
| 95.44 gal | Strike | 122 F | 15 min | |
| -- | Temperature | 152 F | 60 min | |
| -- | Temperature | 168 F | 10 min | |
| Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb | ||||
Yeast
| - Westveteren 8 Bottle Dregs | ||||||||||||
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Priming
| CO2 Level: 3.5 Volumes |
Target Water Profile: 35315
| Ca+2 | Mg+2 | Na+ | Cl- | SO4-2 | HCO3- |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes
| Yeast: Slurry from bottom of Westveteren 8 bottle grown up to slurry from 15 gallon batch. Special Instructions / Notes: Start inverting sugar right away. Afterwards, bring sugar and water to boil and boil down to thick dark syrup over course of 4 hours. Take first runnings of wort and boil to dark caramel. Add both back to main boil at 60 minute mark. |
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https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1188107/west-of-the-nest-12
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Date: 2021-08-25 06:10 UTC
Recipe Last Updated: 2021-08-25 06:09 UTC