American Strong Ale Maltstrosity - Big Malty Stong Ale

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Bashiba

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Location
Clinton
Recipe Type
All Grain
Yeast
Safale 05
Yeast Starter
No
Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter
No
Batch Size (Gallons)
6
Original Gravity
1.083
Final Gravity
1.008
Boiling Time (Minutes)
90
IBU
32
Color
24
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
30
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
None
Additional Fermentation
None
Tasting Notes
A big malt bomb, slightly smoky with lots of light fruit notes.
16lbs 2row
1lb Crystal 60
.5lb Chocolate Malt
.5lb Special B
.25lb Peated Malt
1.25lb of Light Candi Sugar

Mashed at 151 for 75min - Single Batch Sparged the rest.

3oz of Goldings(4.5%) at 60 min

Love this recipe, finishes really low in part due to the Candi Sugar and 05 is such a champ. Its big and fruity but very drinkable for something pushing 10%.

The second batch a used Crystal 90 instead of 60 and cut the chocolate in half and it came out pretty close, but I like the original recipe a little better.
Also the second batch subbed out a smaller amount of Magnums for the Goldings, just shooting for low 30 ibu's and that worked out just as well.

As anything this big a couple months of ageing makes this very good. It is definitely a sweeter beer with tons of light fruit flavors and a hint of chocolate and smoke really round it out nicely. This is quickly becoming a regular in our rotation and was the first beer I put into my new Keezer.
 
Good Luck to you, Can't wait to hear how it turns out. I did a 10 gallon batch this fall, I'm drinking the first 5 gallons right now, with the second five gallons ageing on wet Cabernet barrel wine chips from a local winery.
 
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