#41FEBRUARY 2010
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THIS BEER IS
Made with the yeast from a bottle of Westvleteren 12, aged with vanilla beans. Only available in 375ml bottles. Limited to 3200 bottles. The first in our Abstrakt series.
BASICS
| VOLUME | 20L | 5.3gal |
| BOIL VOLUME | 25L | 6.6gal |
| ABV | 10.2% | |
| Target FG | 1018.0 | |
| Target OG | 1095.0 | |
| EBC | 16.0 | |
| SRM | 8.0 | |
| PH | 4.1 | |
| ATTENUATION LEVEL | 81.05% |
METHOD/TIMINGS
MASH TEMP
| 63°C | 145.4°F | 90mins |
FERMENTATION
| 22°C | 72°F |
TWIST
| Two split vanilla pods in cold conditioning |
INGREDIENTS
MALT
| Extra Pale | 7.75kg | 17.1lbs |
| Wheat | 0.50kg | 1.1lbs |
| Munich | 0.50kg | 1.1lbs |
HOPS
| (g) | Add | Attribute | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saaz | 25.0g | Start | Bitter |
| Saaz | 15.0g | End | Flavour |
| Goldings | 15.0g | End | Flavour |
YEAST
- Westvleteren 12
FOOD Pairing
- Baked brown butter lobster
- Apple crumble and custard
- Coffee carrot cake
BREWER'S TIP
To capture yeast from another bottle conditioned beer, simply make up a starter with some wort and grow the yeast up. Once it goes through a fermentation at 1 litre it can go straight into your wort to start the main fermentation.