How does this sound for a first time recipie?

I have come up with this as my first all extract brew, I am trying for an Abbey style strong ale similar in colour and taste to Chimay blue. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I can not source any Special B malt as suggested by Denny.

** Ingredients ** 4KG (8.8 pounds) LDME 1KG (2.2 pounds) white sugar 250g (1/2 pound) crystal malt

Wyeast WLP 500 (in 1 litre starter)

25gm (1 oz) northern brewer pellets 25gm (1 oz) saaz pellets

** Method ** Lightly caramelize the white sugar for colour and flavour Steep crystal malt in 1 litre of water for 15 minutes and add liquid to fermenter Boil LDME, caramelized sugar and 4 litres water for 30 minutes Add northern brewer hops, boil 15 minutes Add half saaz hops, boil 15 minutes Add remaining saaz hops at flameout

Cool and pitch yeast.

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Spanky
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That's supposed to be WHITELABS not WYEAST

The alpha acid of the hops are 8% and 4% respectively so that should give me around 20 IBU's.

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Spanky

I'm assuming this is a standard 5 gallon / 19 liter recipe, rather than just the 6 liters of liquids you mentioned....

According to StrangeBrew 1.7

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your recipe is VERY close to a nice Belgian tripel. You may wish to add just an extra 12 grams of Northern Brewer hops to balance the sweetness a little better, but other than that, this looks to me like a very tasty recipe! Good luck!

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David M. Taylor

Yes, it will make a total of around 20 litres

Thanks!

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Spanky

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