Pages: 1
Belgian Dubbel sugar choices
I am planning a Belgian Dubbel after I knock out a Baltic Porter (on my O'fest yeast cake).
I was going to give this recipe the whirl as it was pretty much where I was leaning anyway, and I hear the original brewer is pretty good (Belgian Dubbel)
So I was wondering though if using real candy sugar is important, or can I get away with table sugar or corn sugar. Any thoughts?
Cheers
Thanks for the accolades bro!
Ironically this beer has been very successful for me, however I have tweaked it even farther knowing what I know now, it was just a bit sweet for the style. It did well, but it can always get better and I think it did.
Since then I have backed the caramunich down to 1#, the aromatic down to 1#, and took the carapils out and added 1# wheat. I also replaced the sugar with 2# corn sugar and 1# of D2. Also changed the yeast to WLP500. Mashed at 148, and fermented 64 for 3 days, then did a slow ramp to mid 70s.
I brewed this (copying right out of my recipe notes!) 6/20/2010, and I just had a bottle the other night, it is ON! Gonna re-enter this dryer version into something big, (maybe big beers, Belgians and barleywines).
So as far as the OP subject, I firmly believe REAL Belgian candi imparts flavors not found anywhere else.
There was a recent discussion on another board, and Denny Conn sold me on why these products KA- http://www.candisyrup.com/
Here are some of his quotes from the other post that made me realize this:
I've tasted quite a few homemade candi syrups, and I have yet to taste any that came close to D2 or D-180
Candi sugar is not inverted. It's merely crystallized sugar. Which is why candi sugar is worthless for anything more than adding gravity points!
I've now used their D-180 in a quad and their Simplicity (clear syrup) in my standard Westcoastmalle tripel recipe. Both came out exceeding my expectations. I think both of these are more flavorful than the darkcandi syrups. I have samples of the D-45 and D-90 yet to try. And I'm not asociated, either, although they put my quote on their home page.
It is worth the $$ IMHO. Lemme know what you think of my tweaks, and how your final recipe looks. I am planning to rebrew this again soon.
Pages: 1
Search Home Brewing Knowledge Base
Custom Search
|