Belgian Quadruple

My Belgian Quad is a stepped up Dubbel. I took the rough grains from my Dubbel and I pumped them up a bit. Then I pumped my sugars up with candi sugar. Then I want to increase the flavor of the beer with a less than subtle tart cherry flavor. I have 2 pounds of frozen tart cherries. I am hoping to make a dark beer with cherry flavor and Belgian yeastiness.

I believe adding cherries is semi to style. Ommegang makes their 3 Philosophers Quad which contains 3% cherry juice. BBQ is aged on tart cherries and while I was drinking it I wished it had a touch more cherry flavor. This is also kind of a test run for my Flanders red ale and lambics. Although this beer doesn't have a tart flavor inherent from any sort of intentional infections I'll be able to evaluate the tart cherry flavors and see how much of that I want in my already tart beers. I'll probably end up adding a touch of rye whiskey soaked oak cubes.

The sky is the limit with Belgian beers, you can go a touch sour, you can go full sour; you can have dark saison, light saisons, strong ale, weak ale, sour, clean, hoppy, fruity, whatever. The characteristic Belgian flavors must be present but can be accentuated in many ways.

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Stats:
Boil Size: 1.14 gal
Estimated OG: 1.089 SG
Estimated Color: 21.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 30.9 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Recipe:
2 lbs 1.0 oz Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) 41.5 %
2.0 oz Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) 2.5 %
1.6 oz Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) 2.1 %
1.2 oz Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) 1.5 %
0.5 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) 0.6 %
0.2 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) 0.2 %
6.0 oz Candi Sugar, Clear (0.5 SRM) 7.6 %
3.0 oz Candi Sugar, Amber (75.0 SRM) 3.7 %
0.50 oz Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min 30.9 IBUs 0.10 g               
Belgian Ardennes (Wyeast Labs #3522)
2 lbs Fruit - Cherry Tart (10.0 SRM) 40.3 %          

Mash:
Saccharification Add 6.26 qt of water at 162.7 F 155.0 F 60 min
Mash Out Heat to 168.0 F over 7 min 168.0 F 10 min