songstre
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Option 4, just wait. It's worth it.
I'm a bit new with the whole liquid yeast deal... is a starter necessary for this one? I plan to use WLP007.
This is what I got directly from Stone Brewery about a month ago. Have not brewed it up yet, but will very soon. XI is by far one of my top favorites.
Stone 11th Anniversary Ale Recipe
Grain Bill:
90% pale malt
5% 60°L Crystal
5% Weyermann Carafa III Special
OG target is 20.5°P (1.082 SG) Terminal Gravity target is 4°P (1.016 SG)
Hops:
Bittering at start of boil: 100% Chinook
Flavor hops added at end of boil or whirlpool: 50/50 blend of Simcoe and Amarillo
Target 120 IBUs.
Ferment with good ale yeast. We used our house yeast.
Dry-Hop with 50/50 blend of Simcoe and Amarillo, use LOTS! (we used 1 ½ pounds per barrel).
Good luck and enjoy. Post up if you brew it, let us know how it is.
Centennial will give you a more floral taste/aroma. Should be great.
Ya, that was what I was worrying about. Oh well, I will hope for the best! I only had 65% efficiency, but being my first attempt I will be super pleased regardless.
I can't seem to find Carafa III Special at my LHBS. I live in Olympia, WA and the best I could do was find a HBS in Lakewood, WA (20 min north of me) that said they had "Carafa® 500-600L." I called the shop and they had no idea if it was I, II, or III, and had no idea if it was the Special (unhusked), and had no idea what I meant by "unhusked."
The best I can find locally is the standard chocolate and black patent malts.
I am very limited on space, time, and equipment, so I've been planning to use a partial extract/partial grain.
Some other posts have suggested using chocolate malt, some have suggested cold steeping, and some have suggested using Sinamar. While it may be totally kosher as far as German purity laws, seems lame to add a color extract just for color's sake.
Anyone have any ideas? Would using chocolate malt give a drastically different flavor profile?
worldzfree said:I talked to my local brew shop about it and they mentioned a list of alternatives. Hope this helps.
-Castle De-Bittered Black
-Weyermann De-husked Carafa I, II and III (these are also know as "Carafa Special" or de-husked)
-Briess Blackprinz
Actually, there really is no sub for the piney notes of Simcoe. I recenty was told that Sam Calagione from Dogfish bought them all up. Might not be available for a while.
alexdagrate said:Farmhouse Brewing Supply still has Simcoe available. I've purchased from them several times and I've made some great Simcoe CDAs with them.
I talked to my local brew shop about it and they mentioned a list of alternatives. Hope this helps.
-Castle De-Bittered Black
-Weyermann De-husked Carafa I, II and III (these are also know as "Carafa Special" or de-husked)
-Briess Blackprinz
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