The most crazy complex recipe you got!

Hi everybody

I have been looking at a lot of recipes lately and found some that have the craziest hop schedules, like DFH 120 min.

But do you have recipes that have the fattest grain bill or something with loads of different ingredients.

I am just asking for fun, there seems to a lot of threads on subjects like this, the best, the worst, the most expensive something and so on.

Something like a turbid mash that is "continuously grained" (like DFH hops, you add the grain over time) came to mind.

Scandinavian Imperial Porter 12 malts, heather honey, licorice, cardamom, a touch of hops, and bourbon soaked oak. Turned out really well actually (down to my last four-year-old bottle.)

This is my biggest brew. It's 12% ABV. Very smooth and with great hops flavor.


Recipe: Sasquatch Ale
Style: American Barleywine
TYPE: All Grain


Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 6.84 gal
Estimated OG: 1.119 SG
Estimated Color: 14.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 94.6 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 85.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
15 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 78.95 %
2 lbs Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 10.53 %
1 lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.26 %
2.00 oz Simcoe [12.40 %] (60 min) Hops 56.7 IBU
1.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (30 min) Hops 14.5 IBU
1.50 oz Northern Brewer [8.00 %] (20 min) Hops 16.6 IBU
1.50 oz Williamette [5.50 %] (10 min) Hops 6.8 IBU
0.50 oz Northern Brewer [8.00 %] (2 min) (Aroma HHops -
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (2 min) (Aroma Hop-SteepHops -
0.50 oz Williamette [5.50 %] (2 min) (Aroma Hop-SHops -
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 lbs Brown Sugar, Dark (50.0 SRM) Sugar 5.26 %
4 Pkgs Scottish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1728) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body
Total Grain Weight: 18.00 lb
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Single Infusion, Full Body
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
45 min Mash In Add 22.50 qt of water at 174.9 F 158.0 F
10 min Mash Out Add 9.00 qt of water at 198.1 F 168.0 F

Quintuple Decoction Mash

Oldsock said:

Scandinavian Imperial Porter 12 malts, heather honey, licorice, cardamom, a touch of hops, and bourbon soaked oak. Turned out really well actually (down to my last four-year-old bottle.)

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Yeah thats exactly what I was fishing for

I have seen some crazy BarleyWine recipes, you must have some of those.

firebird400 said:

Yeah thats exactly what I was fishing for

I have seen some crazy BarleyWine recipes, you must have some of those.

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This barleywine was based on Lost Abbey's Angel's Share: 7 malts, sugar, split between brandy and bourbon soaked oak cubes in secondary. Sadly it was too close to the original... it never carbonated. With some CO2 injected it is a pretty good beer though, it did take ~18 months in the bottle to really get where it needed to though.

Recently I've become more and more a fan of simple recipes, especially in big beers. More complex recipes seem to take longer to age/mellow to where I like them (although I just did the Kate the Great recipe that is floating around, and that was 11 malts I think).

I actually dotted down the recipe for Kate the Great as well. I will make it with my father sometimes soon, he is a true believer in dark complex brews, stout being his favorite style.

And that is really why I started this thread, I want to bring him a recipe that is really impressive
After all, I started homebrewing with him, he has been at it for 40 years or more.

Look at the Jewbelation 14 recipe.

http://www.shmaltz.com/HEBREW/j14.html

You can find the recipe on the bottom right corner link labelled "Brew Sheet". 14 grains, 14 hops, 14 hop additions, 14%abv. Absolutely crazy stuff.

mkling said:

Look at the Jewbelation 14 recipe.

http://www.shmaltz.com/HEBREW/j14.html

You can find the recipe on the bottom right corner link labelled "Brew Sheet". 14 grains, 14 hops, 14 hop additions, 14%abv. Absolutely crazy stuff.

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Can't hold a candle to Bell's Batch 10,000 (101 malts, 60 hops, stupid)

Oldsock said:

Can't hold a candle to Bell's Batch 10,000 (101 malts, 60 hops, stupid)

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Now that is just ridiculous