Comments on Ted's Homebrew Journal: Belgian Tripel 2 - 'repeat'

James, that's fantastic! I too just entered this ...

2009-09-05T14:12:19.752-06:00

James, that's fantastic!

I too just entered this beer into a local competition...Schooner Homebrew Championships in conjunction with the wonderful Great Lakes Beer Fest in Racine, WI.

This 'repeat' came out a bit "hot" but should still score pretty well. We'll see after the 19th.

I think I'll post about this soon.

Hi Ted. Thanks for the recipe. I brewed a batch of...

2009-09-05T12:46:52.021-06:00

Hi Ted. Thanks for the recipe. I brewed a batch of this with a slightly different hop schedule and it turned out great.

http://ahomebrewlog.blogspot.com/search/label/Belgian%20Tripel

I entered it in the Dominion Cup Homebrew Competition here in Virginia last weekend and it was very well received. It got an overall score of 37/50. Thanks!

Hi Everyone, thanks for your comments. It's good t...

2009-06-15T18:01:59.069-06:00

Hi Everyone, thanks for your comments. It's good to hear from you all.

Senor Brew, Yeah, adding sugar gradually is the way to go. Once again, the brew has been continually active for over 2 weeks. It's still moving around in there right now!

James, Just look back on the stats from the first Tripel. It looks like that one was in primary for 21 days, and this one seems like it will take a little longer, but its only on day 15.

I'll pour the wort of a super high gravity black-Belgian recipe I've been working on over this yeast. And it looks like the secondary lasted 1 month.

This one might just go into a keg, which is a secondary vessel that can regularly be tapped.

It's smelling pretty darn good. A tad hoppy, which leads me to believe I did over-hop it. Oh well.

If you don't mind me asking, how long did you keep...

2009-06-15T17:04:34.083-06:00

If you don't mind me asking, how long did you keep/age the beer in primary, secondary, and bottle ? Also, what was your procedure for pitching the bottling yeast?

Ted, this was one of the better triples I've had, ...

2009-06-12T08:04:58.406-06:00

Ted, this was one of the better triples I've had, commercial or homebrew. It's definitely worthy of reproduction!

i'm puttin this one in my "to brew" list

2009-06-09T18:42:29.304-06:00

i'm puttin this one in my "to brew" list

sounds good. i'm sitting on a ton of high gravity ...

2009-06-09T15:40:48.446-06:00

sounds good. i'm sitting on a ton of high gravity stuff here in GA... gotta figure out when to drink it.

thanks for coming by my blog. i'm updating now... back from beer trip in Wisconsin.

I did the same thing with my tripel, added the sug...

2009-06-08T20:48:58.970-06:00

I did the same thing with my tripel, added the sugar a few days into fermentation. It seems to help the yeast out a lot, not having to start at a huge density. Mine started at 1.080 (after the sugar addition) and finished at 1.004.