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Old 12-04-2008, 11:27 PM   #1
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I picked up a sixer of Troegs Mad Elf last week and I gotta say I really enjoy this beer. Not cheap...but most of what I will drink isn't, so I didn't even cringe at the price. Even the Swmbo liked it.... Anyway...is there a recipe out there for this? Hoping to maybe make a batch this spring and let it age until next Christmas....Thanks.....


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Old 12-05-2008, 02:36 AM   #2
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I picked up a single a couple weeks ago and really enjoyed it. It was scary how easy it went down for being 11% ABV. Here's the reciepe:

Ingredients:
4 pounds Pilsner Malt
4 pounds Munich Malt
1/2 pound Chocolate Malt
1 pound Honey
3.5 pounds Amber Liquid Malt Extract
2 pounds Amber Dry Malt Extract
4 ounces Cherry Juice concentrate
3/4 ounce Hallertau Hops for 50 minutes
1/4 ounce Saaz Hops for 20 minutes

Procedure:
Do a partial mash with the grains. Add the honey and malt extracts and bring to a boil. Add yeast (you may even be able to do a yeast starter from one of your bottles). After primary fermentation is complete, rack to secondary and add the cherry juice. I would let this in the secondary for about 4 - 6 weeks before bottling.

**pulled from: http://beeradvocate.com/forum/read/1044403

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Old 12-29-2008, 12:36 PM   #3
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I have it upon good authority that, this is a bit closer to their actual ratio...

5 lb. Pilsner
3 lb. Munich
1/4 lb. Chocolate
+ Crystal & Special B in small proportions (1/8lb maybe?)


I plan on getting a batch of this stuff going ASAP!!
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This worked well for me last year:

15 lbs. Belgian Pils
1 lbs. German Light Munich
2 oz. Belgian Chocolate Malt

3 lbs. Clover Honey (at flameout)

.5 oz. Saaz (Pellets, 5.00 %AA) boiled 60 min.
.25 oz. Saaz (Pellets, 5.00 %AA) boiled 30 min.
.5 oz. Hallertau (Whole, 4.50 %AA) boiled 10 min.

5 pounds Bing Cherries (frozen, thawed, pitted, pasteurized, added to 2ndary)

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Old 12-29-2008, 08:48 PM   #5
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This worked well for me last year:

15 lbs. Belgian Pils
1 lbs. German Light Munich
2 oz. Belgian Chocolate Malt

3 lbs. Clover Honey (at flameout)

.5 oz. Saaz (Pellets, 5.00 %AA) boiled 60 min.
.25 oz. Saaz (Pellets, 5.00 %AA) boiled 30 min.
.5 oz. Hallertau (Whole, 4.50 %AA) boiled 10 min.

5 pounds Bing Cherries (frozen, thawed, pitted, pasteurized, added to 2ndary)

White Labs WLP570 Belgian Golden Ale

How close would you say you came? Any changes/tweaks you'd make?
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Old 12-30-2008, 02:21 PM   #6
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How close would you say you came? Any changes/tweaks you'd make?
The color isn't perfect.... A little muddy and hazy instead of clear red, but I'm not filtering.

Flavor-wise, I'd maybe drop back to 3-4 lbs of cherries. Mine was a little sweeter than theirs, but all-in-all, I'd do it again.


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