How to Brew a Belgian Dubbel | All Grain Recipe

candi sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds sweetness while reducing refined sugar content.

malted barley

🥗Healthier: wheat malt

💰Cheaper: corn malt

Wheat malt can lower gluten content, while corn malt is more economical.

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Measure 50% Maris Otter and 25% Pilsner malt for base grains.

Add 12% Munich malt and 5% Carapils malt for flavor and head retention.

Include 4% Special B malt and 4% D90 candy syrup for Belgian characteristics.

Boil 40 grams of Tettnang hops at the start of a 90-minute boil.

Add 20 grams of Tettnang hops at 20 minutes remaining in the boil for aroma.

Chill the wort after boiling and transfer it to a fermentation bucket.

Ferment at approximately 18°C, then allow temperature to rise into the low 20s.

After fermentation, bottle the beer and condition it.

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