Grain for Belgian Triple?

[MacKiwi]

I managed to scavenge the dredges from some bottles of Belgain Triples at a friends beer tasting, and now have some starters of Westmalle, Omer and Grimbergen bubbling away. So I have to figure out how to brew a triple pretty quick!

The recipe here looks straight forward enough...

http://www.homebrewchef.com/WestmalleTripelConeRecipe.html

But I have no idea what "Castle Pilsner (2-row)" is...

What base malt should I be using for a Triple? Looking at the Malt Miller, Dingemans Pilsner Malt looks a likely candidate (http://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=228). Is this the best choice?

 

[phettebs]

I always use Belgian Pilsner malt as the base for my tripels. My Westmalle clone is just Pilsner malt and sugar which is I believe how they brew it as well. Dingemans is what I usually use.

 

[MacKiwi]

Great, thanks for confirming that. Re: the sugar, do you use regular table sugar, or the "belgian candi sugar"?

 

[wilsoa1111]

i believe u can make ur own belgian candi sugar if u look online, as its darn expensive to buy for what u get. otherwise i reckon u could just blend some golden syrup and dermera together to do the job?

 

[Hobbins]

I use this http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/sain...ght_Brown_Soft_Unrefined_Cane_Sugar_500g.html in my Belgian Brews.

It was suggested by another member and the Leffe Brune clone tastes very good with it in. Having just read the Brew Like a Monk brew a lot of the Belgian brewers just use standard sugar not the candi sugar. I'm no expert but the Sainsbury's stuff gave good results.

 

[pittsy]

no , you want to use candy sugar , its easy to make there is a how too guide , you just heat up water add sugar use a thermometer etc until it changes colour and the darker you want your brew the longer you boil water/sugar , using it makes a difference , when you taste the results you will notice it doesn't taste as strong as it really is and that's because the yeast converts inverted sugar (candy) much better than normal sugar and leaves no ill tastes/effects