I first heard about the White Labs Yeast Vault back in September of 2017 from the Brew Dudes. At that time I ordered several different yeast strains, including WLP611. The first strain I received was WLP066 which I used in the Sherman’s Planet IPA recipe.

WLP611 as described by White Labs

Isolated from spontaneously fermented apples on a remote island off the coast of Denmark in the fall of 2009, this culture is a unique blend of three yeast strains (two belonging to Saccharomyces cerevisiae and one Torulaspora delbrueckii).

My original thought on a brew for this yeast was to brew a traditional Finnish Farmhouse Ale. It is unbelievably hard to find juniper branches. A main ingredient in the boil for a Finnish Sahti/Farmhouse Ale. At least I couldn’t ind them any where around central Pennsylvania in April. I settled on a Belgian Dubbel. I had been wanting to brew with Belgian candy syrup for a while. And I felt the style would lend itself to the originating nature of the yeast.



Recipe Details Batch Size Boil Time IBU SRM Est. OG Est. FG ABV 5 gal 60 min 21.0 IBUs 24.6 SRM 1.074 1.010 8.4 % Actuals 1.073 1.013 7.9 % Fermentables Name Amount % Pale Malt, Maris Otter 5 lbs 35.4 Pilsner (2 Row) Bel 4 lbs 28.32 Munich Malt - 10L 1 lbs 7.08 Victory Malt 1 lbs 7.08 Wheat Malt, Bel 1 lbs 7.08 Cara-Pils/Dextrine 8 oz 3.54 Special B Malt 8 oz 3.54 Black (Patent) Malt 2 oz 0.88 Candi Sugar, Dark 1 lbs 7.08 Hops Name Amount Time Use Form Alpha % Hallertauer Mittelfrueh 1 oz 60 min First Wort Pellet 4.4 Hallertauer Mittelfrueh 0.5 oz 20 min Boil Pellet 4.4 Yeast Name Lab Attenuation Temperature Trappist Ale (WLP500) White Labs 78% 65°F - 72°F Mash Step Temperature Time Mash In 150°F 75 min Fermentation Step Time Temperature Primary 4 days 67°F Secondary 10 days 67°F Aging 30 days 65°F Notes Originally From: https://beerandbrewing.com/make-your-best-belgian-dubbel/ Download Download this recipe's BeerXML file

The recipe below references WLP500, Monastery/Trappist Ale yeast. I picked that up when I purchased the grain. I was not sure the delivery from White labs was going to arrive in time.

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