Broken Halo Clone - Page 2

**flabyboy** · 01-19-2011, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by insp79

The waiting is over, I am kegging the Broken Halo in the morning. I can't wait to try it.

You should definitely learn to just keep it in the primary for 3-4 weeks. Will be happier with the results

**insp79** · 02-13-2011, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Saccharomyces

Here's a Broken Halo clone I put together based on the info on Widmer's website and a little bit of further digging. EdWort asked about it so I figured I would post it here. I have not brewed this one yet, shame on me.

Widmer uses Alchemy (a proprietary hop blend made of low-cohumulone, high alpha hops) for bittering, Cascade for flavor, and Zeus for aroma/dry hop. Widmer also seems to use lots of light crystal which makes this IPA a little sweeter in the finish than most IPAs.

I have the Alchemy hops blend listed below, if you need the hops PM me and we can arrange a trade. Horizon, warrior, and magnum are all hard to find. FWH with Columbus in place of the bittering hops is probably a reasonable substitute.

OG 1.058
FG 1.012
6.0% ABV
~45 IBU

All grain, 75% brewhouse efficiency:

Grain Bill:
9# 2-row
1# Crystal 10
1# Crystal 20
.5# CaraPils

Mash 150*F for 75 min.

Hops:
.25oz Warrior 60
.25oz Horizon 60
.25oz Magnum 60
.5oz Cascade 30
.5oz Cascade 15
1oz Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus 5
1oz Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus (DH)

US-05 Cali Ale yeast

Extract:

In place of the 9# of 2-row use 6.75# of Extra light DME. Steep Crystal 10, Crystal 20, and CaraPils at 155*F for 30 minutes. A full volume boil is best. If you must do a partial boil, do a late extract addition with 10 minutes left in the boil to ensure proper hop bitterness and color.

Thanks for the recipe, I really enjoyed it. We did a taste comparison between a Widmer Broken Halo and a fresh home-brewed clone. They were very close in flavor, and color. The home brew version was voted best every time.

I am going to brew it again, today. This time is going to be an All Grain batch. I am wondering why you call for a 75 min mash. Is it because of the cooler mash temp 150* F ?
I plan on fermenting 3 weeks in the primary, then dry hop in secondary for 5 to 7 days.

**insp79** · 02-13-2011, 04:11 PM

What would be the preferred strike water quantity to grain ratio for this recipe? I have 11.5 lbs of grain. My cooler mash tun drains dry on the test run.

kappajoe · 02-13-2011, 04:29 PM

I like 1.3#/qt. mash thickness
so that would give you 3.75gal of H20 with 11.5#

**insp79** · 02-13-2011, 06:30 PM

1.3 qt/ #s grain?
thank you!
Here we go.

**insp79** · 02-14-2011, 12:09 PM

Well I brewed the All-Grain version of this recipe yesterday. It was my first all-grain brew ever. I do not know where to begin to figure out what I did wrong. This beer is not going to be good.
I achieved 48% efficiency(for some reason I was expecting 75%+). My starting gravity was 1.040. The ABV will be approx 4.3% with and IBU of 60 if I dry hop. I don't think I'll waste any more hops on this brew. This beer is so far out of balance, (1.30) that it doesn't register as a known beer style.
The major culprit was my cooler mash tun manifold.
I had a stuck sparge.
also my strike water was 164° F, but when I doughed in the grain it quickly dropped to approx 148° F. I tried to bring the temp up by adding small qty of 190° F water and stirring during the 75 minute rest.
On the first sparge my manifold jammed. I took a while to free the clog.
I finally collected 6.8 gallons for my boil.
I am going back to the design stage on my mash tun, and try this brew again next weekend.

**Saccharomyces** · 02-17-2011, 09:56 PM

Your manifold looks ok to me. Maybe the slots are too wide? I cut mine with a Dremel cutting wheel, I've had a stuck sparge with my Blichmann false bottom but never with my manifold, even with 55% unmalted grains and no rice hulls!

Also, you may want to double check your thermometer and your crush; if you were around 148*F you should have had good conversion in 75 minutes and gotten at least 65% efficiency even if your lautering was awful.

Finally floated my keg of wet hop IPA I brewed back in August so this one is climbing up my to-brew list...