AB:12
Imperial Black Belgian Ale.
An Imperial Black Belgian Ale aged in old Invergordon Scotch whisky barrels with mountains of raspberries, tayberries and blackberries in each cask. Decadent but light and dry, this beer would make a fantastic base for ageing on pretty much any dark fruit - we used raspberries, tayberries and blackberries beause they were local.
Malt: Extra Pale (9.69 kilograms) Malt: Chocolate (0.19 kilograms) Malt: Carafa Special Malt Type 3 (0.44 kilograms) Hops: Tomahawk (31.25 grams) - start bitter Hops: Magnum (12.5 grams) - start bitter Hops: Magnum (12.5 grams) - middle flavour Hops: Tomahawk (12.5 grams) - end flavour Hops: Centennial (25 grams) - end flavour Hops: Amarillo (25 grams) - end flavour Hops: Centennial (25 grams) - dry hop aroma Hops: Amarillo (25 grams) - dry hop aroma Hops: Tomahawk (37.5 grams) - dry hop aroma Yeast: Wyeast 3522 - Belgian Ardennes™
- Tandoori lamb with pomegranate - Beef Wellington with a red wine jus - Raspberry chocolate torte
Don't worry too much about controlling the temperature with the Belgian yeast strain - just make sure it doesn't rise above 30°C!