WLP530 Abbey ale

[Jbug]

I got a couple vials of 530 I ordered by accident from NB... I only brew a couple times a month and probably won't venture back into the strong ales for a little while... Just wondering if anyone would want one or both... I'll mail them to you... Just don't want them to go to waste!

Josh

[DBear]

Nice of you to offer but you don't have to go big. I've brewed 1.040 abbey singles with good results.

[Jbug]

Well I tell you what I've been thinking about doing a sweet potato beer for the holidays.... You think that would be ok... Planned on using 80% 2 row, 15% some spec. Malt for some color (120L), and the rest flaked oats...

[dmtaylor]

Sure, now he tells me..... I just bought a vial of the 530 last week. I'm going Belgian crazy! Just made two great Belgians with the 550 and 570, and now a third is on deck with the 530. I probably should have just picked one for all three, but I wasn't really planning on this, it just kind of happened. So anyway.

I love the idea for a sweet potato beer. Go for it!

[andy77]

I'm with dbear. Boil 5 lbs of DME with l.5 lb of turbinado sugar (you should be able to get a 24 oz box of "sugar in the raw" at your local mega-mart), with an ounce of hallertau or other noble hop for an hour or 45 minutes, shooting for 15 or 20 ibu. No steeping grains needed so this can be a relatively quick batch. Just pitch the vials straight, keep the temps in control and I promise you'll end up with a very nice, simple, light, belgian-ish beer.

[Jbug]

DM I have a tripel in the fermenter right now and it's seems to be going good... It's on it's 9th day and it's just a few points away from FG... My recipe called for 2lbs of sugar so I dumped in the sugar that Andy Is talking about in the boil.... So I got a little hot alcohol... Should have listened to the brew strong: high gravity series before doing that....

And I think I'll try that Andy... I havnt placed my order for the sweet potato beer yet so I may just add the DME On There too..., y'all got any ideas for hops on a beer like this?!?