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ZOG

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I just got the dunkel in the primary and it is bubbling away.

I have some left over items that I do not want to waste.

I wanted to do a dark ale that is not heavy on the roast flavor.

this is what I came up with.

the silly small quantities are just left over but still fresh so bear with me on that. I also wanted it to be a tad sweet.


what style could you lump it into?


Beersmith results as follows

"Dark Cellar Ale"

Steep
10.00 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 7.02 %
7.00 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 4.91 %
5.00 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 3.51 %
4.50 oz Black De-bittered Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 3.16 %
4.00 oz Crystal Malt - simpsons extra dark (150.0 SRM) Grain 2.81 %

Boil
96.00 oz Briess Golden (6.0 SRM) Extract 67.37 %
9.00 oz Wyermann Munich Extract (10.0 SRM) Extract 6.32 %
4.00 oz Light Dry Extract (6.0 SRM) Dry Extract 2.81 %
3.00 oz Brown Sugar, Dark (50.0 SRM) Sugar 2.11 %

1.00 oz Challenger [7.50 %] (60 min) Hops 23.4 IBU
0.25 oz Hallertauer [3.80 %] (10 min) Hops 1.1 IBU
0.40 oz Tettnang [4.40 %] (2 min) Hops 0.5 IBU

1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272)

Est Original Gravity: 1.052 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.06 %
Bitterness: 25.0 IBU
Est Color: 23.8 SRM
 
Dark cellar ale sounds good to me.

It looks dark and sweet

Maybe an experimental old ale, or Scottish ale.
 
I was going to use an Old Ale strain of yeast but decided otherwise

I figured it was Old Ale style but was not sure.
 
finally tweek the recipe and I brewed it friday night. I used wyeast smack pack and noticed it wasnt 1 hour before the activator pack was swelled.

I pitched the yeast about 11 pm friday night night and by 8 the next morning I had slight bubbling and by 8 Pm she was convulsing out of the air lock.

looks and smells like Beer--go figure

fresh yeast is Awesome

96.00 oz Wyermann Munich Extract (9.0 SRM)
6.00 oz Briess Golden (6.0 SRM)
3.50 oz Light Dry Extract (6.0 SRM)
4.00 oz Brown Sugar, Dark (50.0 SRM)

10.00 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM)
7.50 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
5.00 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM)
4.50 oz Black De-bittered Malt (500.0 SRM)
4.00 oz Crystal Malt - simpsons extra dark (150.0 SRM)
1.00 oz Challenger [7.50 %] (60 min) Hops 25.4 IBU
0.30 oz Hallertauer [3.80 %] (28 min) Hops 1.9 IBU
0.40 oz Tettnang [4.40 %] (2 min) Hops 0.5 IBU

1 Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) Yeast-Ale
 
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