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STRONG BEERS: BARLEYWINE, OLD ALE, STRONG ALE, DOPPLEBOCK • 1/2 ounce Hallertauer pellets (steep 10 minutes) • cultured Sierra Nevada yeast Procedure: Mash in: 130 deg. F 12 qts water (San Diego tap water, boiled+cooled) Protein rest: 125 deg F 30 min Mash temp: 155-146 deg F 1.25 hr Mash out: 170 deg F 5 min Sparge: approx 4-5 gal @ ~ 170 deg F Total boil time of 1.5 hr, hops additions as noted above, chilled, racked off trub Final volume was 4.5 gal Fermented in glass, temp in the low 60’s Farenheit, used primary+secondary. Two week fermentation Primed with 1/2 cup corn sugar, bottled 2.5 gallons like this, which became the Bigfoot Jr. The remailing 2 gal. was diluted up to 3 gal with water, then bottled after adding a little more corn sugar (~1or2 tbsp). This produced a very very good pale ale (Not at all bigfoot-like!) with a more civilized alcohol content. Specifics: • O.G.: 1.071 • F.G.: 1.015 Baumerator Classification: dopplebock, all-grain Source: Jon Higby (jonh@unisql.uucp), r.c.b., 2/4/94 I’ve had great luck with this one. This is one of those brews that gets better with age. It is also best cold lagered for 3+ months (if you can stand it). You also want to be sure to pitch tuns of yeast (i.e. use at least a 1 qt. starter, preferably 2 qts.) Ingredients: • 10 pounds 2 row malt • 3 pounds munich malt • 1/2 pound toasted malt • 1/2 pound chocolate malt • 1/4 pound roasted barley • 1/4 pound black patent malt • 1/2 crystal malt 90L • 4 ounces Tettenger boiling hops (60 min) • 1/2 ounce Tettenger finishing hops (10 min) • Yeast Labs Bavarian Lager Yeast Procedure: Protein rest 125 (30 min), Mash 154(90 min), Mashout 168(10 min). Primary @ 50F for 18 days (racked after 3 days). Diacital(sp) reduction @ 64F for 2 days. Cold lagered @35-39F for 90 days. Specifics: • O.G.: 1084 • F.G.: 1020 BK Boiler Classification: strong ale, all-grain Source: Sandy Cockerham (COCKER- HAM _SANDRA_L@Lilly.com), HBD Issue #1341, 2/3/94 I recently brewed a very tasty strong ale. Thought I would share the recipe. Enjoy! Ingredients: (for 4.25 gallons) • 9 lb. 2-row pale malt • 8 oz. Belgian pale malt • 1 lb. Vienna malt • 8 oz. Dextrin malt • 6 oz. wheat flakes • 8 oz. toasted pale malt (10 min @ 350F) • 6 oz. Belgian Special B • 2 oz. Chocolate malt • 8 oz. light crystal (10 Lv) • 8 oz. medium crystal(60 Lv) • 4 oz. m-otter crystal( Lv) • 2 tsp gypsum (in mash water) • 1 oz. Perle (7.5% alpha) for 60 min • .75 oz. Perle (7.5% alpha) for 30 min • .5 oz. Tettnang (4.2% alpha) for 15 min • .5 oz. Cascade (5.1% alpha) for 0 min • 1 tsp Irish Moss (last 10 min) • 12 oz. clover honey (last 10 min) • .25 cup Barbados molasses (end of boil) • American Ale yeast (1056) Procedure: Mashed 90 min @ 150F in Igloo 5 gal water jug. Sparged with 170F water. Chill, siphon into a 5 gal carboy and pitch American Ale yeast (1056). Kegged and force carbonated. Specifics: • O.G.: 1.077 • F.G.: 1.015 Strong Ale Classification: strong ale, barleywine, allgrain Source: Rob Bradley (bradley@adx.adelphi.edu), HBD Issue #1098, 3/16/93 Back in December, I posted a speculative article about brewing in the traditional British “three runnings” method. To summarize, using information from Dave Line’s Big_Book_of_Brewing and a little algebra, it appeared that one could make: Strong ale @ 1072 Pale Ale @ 1046 Shandy @ 1043 by using, per US gallon of final yield for each of the three, 5 pounds UK 2-row malt and 2.2 US gallons of mash water. As a variant, I scaled the recipe up to 2 gallons and collected and brewed the first runnings according to the posted recipe. I decided to sparge afterwards and collect what amounted to the second and third runnings together. Given the desirability of a 5-gallon batch size, I figured I’d add a little water and malt extract to the kettle to stretch the brew length up to 5 gallons. (No all-malt fixation here :-) Summary: overall success!! As I suspected, I got more yield in the first runnings than predicted from Line’s figures. And that was despite cutting the mash water down to 2 gallons. I compensated by adding a little more than a pound of dry malt extract. Ingredients: (for 9 quarts) • 10 lb Munton & Fison 2-row mild ale malt • 1 pound dry light extract • 1 1/2 oz Willamette whole hops 60 minute boil - 4.2% alpha acid • 1/4 oz Willamette whole hops 30 minute boil - 4.2% alpha acid • 1/4 oz Willamette whole hops 10 minute boil - 4.2% alpha acid • Wyeast 1056 (second generation, half of a one-quart starter) Procedure: Mash with 2.5 gallons water at 151-154F. Mash-out at 172F. Transfer to lauter tun with 1.5 gallons foundation water at 172F. Recirculate, let settle 30 minutes. Draw off first runnings (a little more than 2.5 gallons). PAGE 138
STRONG BEERS: BARLEYWINE, OLD ALE, STRONG ALE, DOPPLEBOCK Specifics: • O.G.: 1080 • Primary ferment: 7 days • Secondary ferment: (length not specified) • Bitterness: 38 IBU Longhorn Fog Leg Classification: barleywine, all-grain Source: Greg Wolodkin (wolo@cory.Berkeley.EDU), r.c.b., 4/10/93 More work than a regular batch, but worth it once in a while. Looking back, I think it would be possible to mash a few more pounds of grain and leave out the extract. Also I’m not sure the Cascades were the right choice for dryhopping in this beer, but I’m sure they will fade with time. Right now it’s two months old and I’ve only tasted one!! 47 bottles of beer on the wall... Ingredients: • 13 lb pale 2-row malt • 1 lb crystal malt (40L) • 4 oz chocolate malt • 3 lb pale dry malt extract • 1 lb dark brown sugar • Sierra Nevada ale yeast (Wyeast 1056) • Bittering hops (60 minute boil): 1 oz Hallertau (4.6%) 1 oz Kent Goldings (7.8%) 1 oz Northern Brewer (7.5%) 1 oz Cascade (5.8%) • Finishing hops (steep): 1.0 oz Kent Goldings 0.5 oz Cascade • Dry hop (in secondary, 2 weeks before bottling): 0.5 oz Northern Brewer 0.5 oz Cascade Procedure: Mash: Mash water: 4 gallons Mash-in: 130-121F for 30 minutes Starch conversion: 150F for 2.5 hours Mash-out: 170 for 5 minutes Sparge: 4 gallons at 170F Boil three hours total. Add extracts and hops with one hour remaining. Primary fermentation: Kraeusen fell in 6 days.. your mileage may vary. Secondary: Racking restarted fermentation -- next time I do this I will rack *and* splash going into secondary, since the gravity at this point was only down to 1.060. Beer stayed in secondary for about 6 weeks total. Primed with 1/2c corn sugar. Specifics: • O.G.: 1106 • F.G.: 1036 Winter Warmer Classification: strong ale, extract Source: Charles Castellow (ccastell@ eldec.com), HBD 1164, 6/17/93 I thought that I’d try a “Winter Warmer”. I thought about using some specialty malts, but figured anything they might add would be overwhelmed by the malt and alcohol. This mades a very dark Strong Ale. I took this to the same friend’s Christmas party this past year along with an extract/ specialty malt Christmas ale (spices, oranges, etc.) Once again, both were emptied. However, those who had thought the stout was too dark/heavy/chewy had no problem drinking this dark strong ale, which was quite dark and very potent! Ingredients: • 8 lbs Dogbolter hopped malt extract syrup • 3 lbs rice syrup • 1 tsp Irish moss • Brewer’s Choice 1056 (American Ale) liquid yeast (in a pint of starter) Procedure: Bring 5 gallons of water to a boil. Add syrups, stirring vigorously until dissolved to avoid scorching. Boil for 15 minutes, adding Irish moss for final 5 minutes. Cool. Strain into carboy. Pitch yeast. Rack to secondary after about a week. After two weeks, rack to 5-gallon keg. Force carbonate. Chill to cellar temperature and serve. Garvin’s Old Ale #159 Classification: old ale, strong ale, all-grain Source: Rick Garvin (rgarvin@btg.com), HBD Issue #1199, 8/9/93 This beer won a ribbon at the AHA national competition. Ingredients: (for 7 gallons) • 14 pounds British Pale Ale malt • 1 pound 40 Lovibond Crystal malt • 4 ounces Mt. Hood hop pellets, 3.7% AA. Boil 70 minutes • 1 ounce Mt Hood hop pellets, 3.7% AA. Boil 10 minutes • 1 ounce BC Goldings hop pellets, 5.0% AA. End of boil • 1 tablespoon Irish Moss for last 15 minutes • 16 ounces thick slurry Sierra Nevada strain yeast (Old Dominion Ale) • 3/4 cup corn sugar to prime Procedure: Single temperature infusion mash: Dough in malt with 1.33 qts/lb water (5 gallons) water at 165F for a sacharification rest 154F-152F for 60 minutes. Sparge to collect 9 gallons. Boil sweet wort for 30 minutes before adding hops. Chill and pitch. Specifics: • O.G.: 1.064 • F.G.: 1.014 • Primary Ferment: 1 week @ 65 degrees F. • Secondary Ferment: 1 week at 65 degrees F. Tessellator Classification: dopplebock, bock, extract Source: James S. Murphy (jsm@mse. cmu.edu), r.c.b., 12/14/92 Based on a recipe from “Country Wines”, Pittsburgh, PA. Ingredients: • 8 lbs Heidelberg Bavarian Bock Malt Dark • 1 lb M&F dry light • 1/4 lb Chocolate Malt, crushed • 1/8 lb Black Roasted Barley, crushed • 1/2 lb German light crystal, crushed • 2 ozs, Fresh Bullion Hops • 1/2 oz Fresh Chinnok Hops • 1 oz Fresh Perl Hops • 1/2 oz Compressed Kent Goldings • 1 tsp Irish Moss • 1 1/2 inches licorice, crushed • 2 pkgs Whitbred Ale yeast PAGE 139
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