Cedar Rapids Brewing Society

Due to my recent influx of grain, I am going to be brewing a dubbel tomorrow morning. Here's the recipe, whadaya think? My only concern is my hops. I did not expect I would need 2 oz. of bittering hops, but any less, and I fall in below style guidelines.

Recipe: Dubbel
Brewer: Brownbeard
Asst Brewer:
Style: Dubbel
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 7.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.066 SG
Estimated Color: 29.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 28.3 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
10.00 lb Pale Ale Malt 2-Row (Briess) (3.5 SRM) Grain 85.11 %
0.50 lb Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 4.26 %
0.25 lb Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 2.13 %
2.00 oz Select Spalt [4.00 %] (60 min) Hops 27.7 IBU
1.00 oz Saaz [4.00 %] (1 min) Hops 0.6 IBU
1.00 lb Candi Sugar, Dark (275.0 SRM) Sugar 8.51 %


Mash Schedule: Batch Sparge Regular
Total Grain Weight: 10.75 lb
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Batch Sparge Regular
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 11.83 qt of water at 167.6 F 154.0 F
10 min Mash Out Add 4.52 qt of water at 210.7 F 168.0 F

Sounds good. Did any body stop by to assist?

No. Good thing too. I slept too late, and wound up having to do it in the afternoon.

It's fermenting like a bastard right now, I have had to clean the airlock a few times. Oh. I added 1/2 lb or corn sugar to the boil as when I did the candi sugar. It didn't turn out quite as dark as I had expected.

So, I moved this to secondary last night. I was expecting something darker. It has a color (and flavor) more like a belgian pale ale. Apparently, Larry was right, and the dark candi sugar added no color to the beer.