Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: English Ale Yeast Starter: Yes - 1 gal Batch Size (Gallons): 5 Original Gravity: 1.079 Final Gravity: 1.026 IBU: 37.5 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: 24 SRM Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 28 days @ 64 degrees Additional Fermentation: Bottle Conditioned for 2 Months @ ~ 68 degrees Tasting Notes: So close to the original! SWMBO can't tell the difference in a blind taste test
(One thing of note: I harvested yeast from a bottle or 5 of Irish Death for use in this recipe. I think WLP002 is probably the closest, but its definitely not WLP004)
9 AAU Fuggles - Boil 60.0 Min Hop 28.2 IBUs
3 AAU Goldings - Boil 60.0 min Hop 10 9.4 IBUs
6.00 oz Non-Fat Cocoa Powder (Boil 10.0 mins)
4.00 oz Lactose (Boil 10.0 mins)
1.0 pkg English Ale (White Labs #WLP002) [35.49 ml] Yeast
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Mash: 1:1 grain:water ratio @ 156 degrees for 90 min.
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I don't really know what to say about this one, except that it's a darn good brew. I love the original, and wanted to make something similar. The original weighs in at 7.4% ABV so, this could scale up just a touch to hit the same numbers. It's a beast as it is though. Easily my favorite beer I've brewed, and if you've had the original, its about as close as it gets.
I brewed this last night- first all grain on my own. Smells and taste great but I know ill be off what it should be. My mash came settled at about 160 and when it came to the cocoa addition I realized that what I had was dutch processed cocoa not non-fat. I still used it as I was already at the point of no return and a store was not an option. I can find anything to suggest that there will be adverse result but I would like to ask you what you think might happen? Thanks for the recipe post- i've been lurking on here since I started brewing in August- this is my first post. Thanks
The lowfat or nonfat thing is just to help keep some head retention. Full fat chocolate supposedly causes the foam to dissipate. Otherwise, nothing really adverse.
You'll probably end up with a fuller beer bc of the mash temp, but again, itll prolly be fine.
Let me know what you think when its done! I found that it really started to get legs after a month in the bottle
I've never brewed all grain. I used too brew with extract. Just getting back into brewing after a few years off. I love Irish death and live about 70 miles from iron horse. I would like to try this just need some simple help. Mainly the procedures in how too brew with all grain. Elementary steps I guess.
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