- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- US-05
- Yeast Starter
- Nope
- Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter
- 2-packs of US-05
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 6
- Original Gravity
- 1.070
- Final Gravity
- 1.009
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 60
- IBU
- 100.9
- Color
- 14.8 SRM
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 18-Days @ 66F
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 4-Days @ 72F
- Tasting Notes
- Clean pine and citrus, nice malt complexity, smooth bitterness & dry finish.
10-lbs 2-Row
6-lbs Vienna
1-lb Crystal 40
0.75-lbs Melanoiden
0.2-lbs Special B
0.15-lbs Roasted Barley
Mash at 150F for 60-minutes
0.5 oz Centennial FWH (10.5% AA)
1.5-oz Warrior @ 60 (13% AA)
0.5-oz Columbus @ 15 (17% AA)
0.5-oz Chinook @ 15 (11.8% AA)
0.5-oz Simcoe @ 15 (13% AA)
1-oz Amarillo @ Flameout (9.3% AA)
1-oz Citra @ Flameout (13.9% AA)
1st Dry Hop (4-days in primary fermenter beginning on day 15):
1.5-oz Simcoe (13% AA)
1.5-oz Chinook (11.8% AA)
1-oz Columbus (17% AA)
2nd Dry Hop (4-days in secondary fermentor):
1-oz Citra (13.9% AA)
1-oz Amarillo (9.3% AA)
I cold-crashed this in my garage fridge for 2-days after the second 4-day dry hop. The beer cleared up very nicely after just 3-days in the keg. This turned out to be a really great beer, but it can sneak up on you at such a dry 8%! I was going for something with a complex malt profile, as well as a complex hop profile, but without one overpowering the other, and without any flavor conflicts. I think it worked very nicely. As for the name, Nightmare Rex, I promised my 9-year-old son he could name my next beer
I'd love to hear back from anyone who gives this one a try!
6-lbs Vienna
1-lb Crystal 40
0.75-lbs Melanoiden
0.2-lbs Special B
0.15-lbs Roasted Barley
Mash at 150F for 60-minutes
0.5 oz Centennial FWH (10.5% AA)
1.5-oz Warrior @ 60 (13% AA)
0.5-oz Columbus @ 15 (17% AA)
0.5-oz Chinook @ 15 (11.8% AA)
0.5-oz Simcoe @ 15 (13% AA)
1-oz Amarillo @ Flameout (9.3% AA)
1-oz Citra @ Flameout (13.9% AA)
1st Dry Hop (4-days in primary fermenter beginning on day 15):
1.5-oz Simcoe (13% AA)
1.5-oz Chinook (11.8% AA)
1-oz Columbus (17% AA)
2nd Dry Hop (4-days in secondary fermentor):
1-oz Citra (13.9% AA)
1-oz Amarillo (9.3% AA)
I cold-crashed this in my garage fridge for 2-days after the second 4-day dry hop. The beer cleared up very nicely after just 3-days in the keg. This turned out to be a really great beer, but it can sneak up on you at such a dry 8%! I was going for something with a complex malt profile, as well as a complex hop profile, but without one overpowering the other, and without any flavor conflicts. I think it worked very nicely. As for the name, Nightmare Rex, I promised my 9-year-old son he could name my next beer
I'd love to hear back from anyone who gives this one a try!
