Comments on: Tasting #4 — Tripel or Nothing Belgian Style Tripel http://www.bathtubbrewery.com/2008/10/20/tasting-4-tripel-or-nothing-belgian-style-tripel/ Brewed in a bathtub so you can taste the difference! Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:32:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dWiGhT Mulcahy http://www.bathtubbrewery.com/2008/10/20/tasting-4-tripel-or-nothing-belgian-style-tripel/comment-page-1/#comment-472 dWiGhT Mulcahy Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:23:31 +0000 http://www.bathtubbrewery.com/?p=509#comment-472 One of the things I like to do before creating a recipe is to ck out the BJCP style guidelines... for a tripel they are here: http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style18.php One thing you will notice is that the FG range is 1.008 – 1.014 for a Tripel and Deep yellow to deep gold in color. From the looks of yours the CaraViene and DME added to the color to put it outside of what you were shooting for. Now what I believe you have is more of a Belgian Dark Strong Ale (18E) since at FG=1.020 I doubt that you have the dry finish you would taste in a true Tripel. If you were to brew another Tripel I would suggest upping the sugar to 2lbs, drop the CaraVienne, and use only the lightest DME you can get. LME tends to be a bit on the darker size as it ages (IMHO). Still, it sounds like you have a beer that you like. Forget about what style and just say "it's my style". ": ) *enjoy* One of the things I like to do before creating a recipe is to ck out the BJCP style guidelines… for a tripel they are here: http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style18.php

One thing you will notice is that the FG range is 1.008 – 1.014 for a Tripel and Deep yellow to deep gold in color. From the looks of yours the CaraViene and DME added to the color to put it outside of what you were shooting for.

Now what I believe you have is more of a Belgian Dark Strong Ale (18E) since at FG=1.020 I doubt that you have the dry finish you would taste in a true Tripel.

If you were to brew another Tripel I would suggest upping the sugar to 2lbs, drop the CaraVienne, and use only the lightest DME you can get. LME tends to be a bit on the darker size as it ages (IMHO).

Still, it sounds like you have a beer that you like. Forget about what style and just say “it’s my style”. “: ) *enjoy*

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