Wanted: Double Dead Guy Clone

Has anyone successfuly brewed a batch of Double Dead Guy?

I would like to give it a shot.

Can someone suggest or post an all grain recipe?

From Rouge ....
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Malts: C15, Rogue Micro Barley Farm Dare & Risk Malts
Hops: Crystal & Rogue Micro Hopyard Rebel Hops
Yeast & Water: Rogue's Pacman Yeast

Specs:
20º PLATO
60 IBU
78 AA
25º Lovibond

http://www.rogue.com/beers/double-deadguy.php
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Type: All Grain
Date: 2/5/2011
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer: William D. Baer Jr.
Boil Size: 6.72 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Equipment: Brew Pot (6+gal) and Igloo/Gott Cooler (5 Gal)
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
15 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 83.33 %
2 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 11.11 %
1 lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.56 %
1.50 oz Magnum [14.40 %] (60 min) Hops 56.9 IBU
1.50 oz Citra [12.30 %] (30 min) Hops 37.3 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop 14 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Primary 3.0 days) Misc
10.00 gal Water
1 Pkgs Pacman Ale (Wyeast Labs #1764) [Starter 1000 ml] Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.097 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.097 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.023 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.020 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 9.78 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 10.11 %
Bitterness: 94.2 IBU Calories: 452 cal/pint
Est Color: 9.3 SRM Color: Color


Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body Total Grain Weight: 18.00 lb
Sparge Water: 0.94 gal Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F TunTemperature: 68.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Mash PH: 5.4 PH

Single Infusion, Medium Body Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 22.50 qt of water at 167.6 F 154.0 F
10 min Mash Out Add 12.60 qt of water at 197.3 F 168.0 F


Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).
Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: Kegged (Forced CO2) Volumes of CO2: 2.7
Pressure/Weight: 14.4 PSI Carbonation Used:
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 40.0 F Age for: 28.0 days
Storage Temperature: 40.0 F

I've never brewed this.. but its based off Yooper's Dead Guy Clone (which I brewed with fantastic results)...

18# Marris Otter
1.5# Munich
1.5# Caramunich
.75# Crystal- 40L

1.5 oz Pearle @ 60 min
.5 oz Pearle @ 30 min
.5 oz Pearle @ 5 min
.5 oz Saaz @ 5 min

Mash high- 156* or so
Ferment low- 60* or so

Assumes 70% efficiency

I used Wyeast 1056 with a starter (but pacman, obviously, and us-05 will work)

OG- 1.099
FG- 1.025
(with 2 packets of us-05)

SOB_OCDAVE - have you tried this recipe, if so, please share your findings. Would you mind posting your .bsm file for this recipe?

Pennsyltucky - I have a batch of Yoopers DGA clone kegged right now. It is freaking awesome!

@Ultravista, I did make this one and is was very good. It actually ended up in a local pub here in town and was emptied the same night they tapped it. The only issue I had is my mash efficiency was terrible, like 65%, but that is to be expected with such a large grain bill. Good luck!

Can you post your Beersmith .bsm file for this recipe?

May I ask how you calculated the recipe? Trial and error, help from a Rogue brewer, divine guidance, etc?

Thank you for posting.

Pennsyltucky - can you provide tasting notes for this recipe? Also, how did you calculate the recipe? As with OCDAVE, I am curious how this was put together.

Aren't the bittering IBU's off from Rogue's specs? It should be 60, the recipe posted is 30+ IBU higher.

ultravista said:

Pennsyltucky - can you provide tasting notes for this recipe? Also, how did you calculate the recipe? As with OCDAVE, I am curious how this was put together.

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I don't have tasting notes... I just brewed Yooper's Dead Guy clone and it is carbonating now (all of the tastes I've stolen along the way have been great).

This double batch was calculated on Brew Target until it was about double the regular recipe and adjusted in a non-scientific manner (i.e. "I think this looks good")

I have put this on my list though!

@ultravista- One evening back in January, I drank my first Rogue Double Dead Guy Ale and went home and designed this recipe. I'm not exactly sure what the specific IBU's are, but with all that malt you really need the bitterness to balance it out. When i brewed this i used a hop bag and did not get the full utilization of the bittering hops and the beer turned out more malty. I'm not claiming this is the exact recipe that Rogue uses scaled down to 5 gallons, but, I do claim that this is a great imperial IPA recipe!

Here are some numbers per the Rogue web site= 20 degs. plato = 1.084 SG. The recipe I posted assumes a 75% brewhouse efficiency in which the Beersmith calculates SG 1.097. In actuality i experienced a 65% efficiency due to the large grain bill which turns out to be 1.084 SG or 20 degs. Plato. Hope this helps.

As far as the IBU's: all i can say is, "I LOVE HOPS"!