All-Grain - Dead Guy Clone (Extract & AG- see note) - Page 9

**Yooper** · 04-17-2009, 11:50 PM

I get 33 when I look at Beersmith. For a partial boil, that might be right for calculation, but it seems good when I've tried it. I've read that you can't taste a difference between 5 IBUs, so maybe that's way it tastes ok with this amount of hops.

As far as mash temps, I like to mash this one high, to give the malty taste and higher FG.

**humann_brewing** · 04-18-2009, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by YooperBrew

I get 33 when I look at Beersmith. For a partial boil, that might be right for calculation, but it seems good when I've tried it. I've read that you can't taste a difference between 5 IBUs, so maybe that's way it tastes ok with this amount of hops.

As far as mash temps, I like to mash this one high, to give the malty taste and higher FG.

Ok, thanks Yooper. I was pluging this in for all grain based on 83% efficiency too, just using your percentages of grains more. I will shoot for somewhere around 33 ibus then. That is if I can get my pacman bottle harvest going.

ifishsum · 04-21-2009, 08:07 PM

I do increase the first Perle addition in my version by a bit after doing a side-by-side comparison to the original. I use 1.25 oz @60 instead of 1 ounce, and go a little over .5 oz for the 30 minute addition. I do a partial boil, so I figure that's probably why I had to increase a little to get the same end result. That plus I overshot my OG on the first batch by 6-7 points...

taylornate · 04-22-2009, 12:44 AM

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I do increase the first Perle addition in my version by a bit after doing a side-by-side comparison to the original. I use 1.25 oz @60 instead of 1 ounce, and go a little over .5 oz for the 30 minute addition. I do a partial boil, so I figure that's probably why I had to increase a little to get the same end result. That plus I overshot my OG on the first batch by 6-7 points...

I too overshot the gravity. I wonder why.

gifty74 · 04-22-2009, 12:57 AM

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Ok, thanks Yooper. I was pluging this in for all grain based on 83% efficiency too, just using your percentages of grains more. I will shoot for somewhere around 33 ibus then. That is if I can get my pacman bottle harvest going.

I just washed and harvested 4 pint jars of Pacman from my most first run with it last week. If you can't get the harvest going let me know and I'll gladly send you a jar. The yeast have settled out in 2 days and there's at least a half inch of yeast in each jar.

**humann_brewing** · 05-05-2009, 10:49 PM

I just got done listening to the Sunday Brew session from sep '07 where they interviewed John Maier and he mentioned that they use a whole lot of munich in a lot of their beers included the Dead Guy. He said they use 20% munich in Dead Guy.

What do you think this recipe would be like if the munich went from 6.9% to 20%.

gifty74 · 05-07-2009, 02:56 AM

You know, even though I mashed this a bit low, ending it up at 1.009 FG, I've had a few glasses now and it's surprisingly sweet. In fact, everyone who drinks it says it's sweet. Not sure why but there's not doubt it's on the malty side, more so than Dead Guy. Because of this I'm not quite to a match as of yet, might try it again in the future.

**Yooper** · 05-07-2009, 11:58 AM

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I just got done listening to the Sunday Brew session from sep '07 where they interviewed John Maier and he mentioned that they use a whole lot of munich in a lot of their beers included the Dead Guy. He said they use 20% munich in Dead Guy.

What do you think this recipe would be like if the munich went from 6.9% to 20%.

I think that would be good. It's malty as it is, though. I really am a big Munich malt fan, so maybe that would be something for me to try next time.

**humann_brewing** · 05-07-2009, 03:02 PM

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I think that would be good. It's malty as it is, though. I really am a big Munich malt fan, so maybe that would be something for me to try next time.

I was thinking the same thing too but maybe I will email them and see if they can provide any more details but I already have your recipe in the fermentor so it will be a while before I try again..

Thanks again Yooper

TeufelBrew · 05-07-2009, 03:31 PM

Well, both kegs of this have kicked. Yooper, thanks for sharing a really great recipe. I will be making this again, soon. Likely to look at the increased Munich and adjust my mash temp a little.

I also want to harvest some pacman and do a side by side with the US05. I think it would be a worthy comparison. Didn't really like the WL001 version.