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In the spirit of Dogfish Head's beer music series (e.g. Bitches Brew, Positive Contact) and the recent passing of Dave Brubeck , I want to make Brew-beck inspired beer named Take Five. Ideas so far are to make a West Coast IPA (Brubeck was know for his West Coast Jazz style) using Safale US-05 (for his hit 'Take Five'). Not sure about the grain bill just yet. Are there any other jazz enthusiasts out there with any other ideas?
 
I love this beer concept! The 5 grain/hop idea is good also. The brew would have to be something unexpected, but supremely delicious... im thinking something dark with some interesting or unique hoppiness. Then again, i might have just described my favorite type of beer...
 
Barnesie said:
Technically, you might want to make it 5 grains and four hops since the song is in 5/4

Good call. I wasn't thinking.
 
So after tinkering around here is what I came up with:

Mini-mash:

4.0 oz. Crystal Malt (40L)
8.0 oz. Crystal Malt (20L)
4.0 oz. Carared
1 lb. Pale Malt (2 Row)
4 lbs. Pale LME

1.0 oz Cascade (60 min)
0.5 oz Centennial (30 min)
0.5 oz Chinook (30 min)

0.5 oz Columbus (dry hop)
0.5 oz Cascade (dry hop)

Safale US-05 American Ale Yeast

I'll have to adjust the hops once I have actual AA%'s.

Any suggestions?
 
Definitely move the 30 min additions up to 20 or 15, and personally id change the crystal 40 to 60, but thats just me.
 
I really wanted to use Citra for the aroma but my usual LHBS doesn't have any, but I just found another store that does. I might just use an ounce or two of Citra for dry hopping instead of the Columbus and Cascade now.
 
Going to make some tinctures this week before I start brewing the next weekend. I was thinking of using some spices from the White IPA recipes, like orange peel, coriander, and lemon grass.
 
Why not use some ingredients from other countries since Mr. Brubeck was a world wide performer.
 

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