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This is a recipe came from a lot of different places. The original base was from Rader's Cherry Lambic. We made a number of modifications, so I'll try to list them out here. :)

Ingredients

• 3 lbs Belgian Special B
• 3 lbs Belgian Aromatic
• 3 lbs Belgian Caramunich
• 1/2 gallon Briess LME
• 3 oz. Hallertauer Hops
• 1 oz. Cascade Hops
• 1/2 oz. Columbus Hops
• 1 tsp. Gypsum
• 1 tsp. Irish Moss
• Wyeast 50ml 3278 Belgian Lambic blend
• Wyeast 50ml 1388 Belgian Strong Ale yeast
• 6 - 1lb bags of frozen sweet cherries

Log

1. March 14, 2006
2. 15:25 Start heating 1/2 gal of water to 144°
3. 15:30 Add grain to water
4. 15:30 Screwed up here and didn't completely remove heat, thus causing the bag to burn and stick
5. 15:30 Start boiling 5 quarts of water
6. 15:48 Pour 5 quarts of water over grain bag
7. 15:50 Start boiling 10 quarts of water
8. 16:00 Pour 10 quarts of water over grain bag
9. 16:02 Start boiling 5 quarts of water
10. 16:10 Add gypsm to water and pour over grain bag
11. 16:12 Maintain approximately 150° for 30 minutes
12. 16:40 Strain grain bag out and strain out wort
13. 16:40 Add malt to wort while stiring
14. 16:50 Start to boil
15. 17:10 Boiling and add hops
16. 17:50 Add moss
17. 18:00 Strain into bucket
18. 18:00 Sample @ 88° SG=1.044 + .004 for temp = 1.048
19. 18:00 Pitch both packets of yeast
20. 18:00 Moved fermenting bucket to Tub with water
21. March 22, 2006
22. 19:00 Started Sanitizing
23. 19:10 Move fermentation bucket outside and open lid
24. 19:15 Dump cherries in new bucket and rack beer to secondary
25. 19:20 Put lid on, shake up, and put on on airlock
26. 19:25 Moved fermenting bucket to Tub with water
27. 19:30 Sample @ 70° SG=1.014 + .002 for temp = 1.016

Links for this Beer

• Base Recipe
• Part of Mashing that we did(we varied)