A little thread revival here but this is an awesome beer and is what gave me an interest in homebrewing. Merry Monk's to me tastes like really tasty gasoline.
I decided to calculate an extract recipe using the above posted data sheet. I scaled it down to 5 gallons and put it in the brewer's friend calculator. I then removed the grain and added extract until reaching the same OG. This is more or less an exact scale down and conversion, no tweaks.
HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: Merry Monks Clone (extract)
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 3 gallons
STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.092
Final Gravity: 1.021
ABV (standard): 9.32%
IBU (tinseth): 18.78
SRM (morey): 4.07
FERMENTABLES:
9.9 lb - Liquid Malt Extract - Pilsen (79.8%) (3 cans)
1.6 lb - Cane Sugar (12.9%)
0.9 lb - Dry Malt Extract - Pilsen (7.3%)
HOPS:
0.75 oz - Apollo, Type: Pellet, AA: 20, Use: Boil for 35 min, IBU: 18.78
YEAST:
White Labs - Trappist Ale Yeast WLP500 or WYEAST 1214 (same strain)
Attenuation (avg): 77.5%
Flocculation: Med-Low
Optimum Temp: 65 - 72 F
Fermentation Temp: 72 F
Generated by Brewer's Friend -
http://www.brewersfriend.com/
Date: 2014-08-10 17:01 UTC
Recipe Last Updated: 2014-08-10 17:01 UTC
I am doing a Brewer's Best kit with wlp500 first then I will try this recipe out next and compare the two. Let me know if anybody tries this out.