John E Miller Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 (edited) I brewed a MJ Dubbel a few months ago. Last week I snatched up two more of the kits at my LHBS that were going for $6. Each pouch makes 10L at 7.8% following the recipe (with 500g dextrose). I am thinking of using different yeasts to get a completely different beer so I can compare. Can anybody give me suggestions? What sort of grainbill would be similar to that of a Belgian Dubbel? I'm thinking of doing some sort of British dark ale... I want to think outside the box. Cheers Edited March 20, 2021 by John E Miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Just did a quick google and found this: 2.5kg Pilsener 1.5kg Munich450g Caramunich 1120g Special B60g Chocolate Do roughly 50% pilsener malt, 30% Munich, maybe Vienna and 20% specialty malts. If you want to head toward the British ales, S04 never goes astray in dark ales and of course there is always trusty old Nottingham. Notty is good for everything. Maybe Windsor for something different. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Miller Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 3/21/2021 at 10:16 AM, Aussiekraut said: Just did a quick google and found this: 2.5kg Pilsener 1.5kg Munich450g Caramunich 1120g Special B60g Chocolate Hi Aussiekraut, is that a grainbill you found for a dubbel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Mate, that was 2 weeks ago. My memory isn’t that good but I’m sure I looked for a dubbel recipe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 54 minutes ago, Aussiekraut said: Mate, that was 2 weeks ago. My memory isn’t that good but I’m sure I looked for a dubbel recipe It's all about Brain Cells Old Chap well for some of us anyway, reckon we have all killed off a few. A mate of mine forgot to add his carb drops to his last brew & was disappointed as it was flat. I know someone else who was happily involved in a few cold ones whilst brewing - & he forgot the yeast, I mean, come on !! For all of that hard work we need to make sure we do it right. !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_McGlass Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 I've been experimenting with dried yeasts lately. Lallemand Abbaye produced a really good dubbel for me. I'm loving Verdant IPA yeast and I would also strongly recommend trying that with the Dubbel kit, for a different final beer For Belgian style, MJ M31 reminds me of Leffe, that should work well. M21, M41, M47 all potentially good, and T-58. Belle Saison even. M15 and S-33 are English yeasts that work well in brown beers, but I like Verdant better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 On 3/20/2021 at 5:19 PM, John E Miller said: I want to think outside the pouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Miller Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 Thanks for the suggestions. I have decided to do one with Nottingham and one with S-04, to keep things fairly similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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