MattHollingsworth
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- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- Wyeast 1056
- Yeast Starter
- Yeast Slurry, 140 ml
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 5.68
- Original Gravity
- 1.046
- Final Gravity
- 1.009
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 120
- IBU
- 37.1
- Color
- 14.5
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 21 days at 68.
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- None.
- Tasting Notes
- Very malty with a good level of hops in aroma and flavor. Bread+bitterness lingers.
This was one of those magical beers where the whole brewing day is a disaster but the beer comes out fantastic nonetheless. Smola is a Croatian word that means either "disaster" or "sap" as in "amber", so I thought the name was appropriate.
The beer has a surprising amount of hops in the aroma and especially the flavor given the numbers of what was added. I think this is from the First Wort Hops but can't be certain. The malt is pronounced and there's a nice balance between the two. It's not super bitter, being bittered to the level of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, but with a lower gravity. This is not a crazy hophead beer but one with more balance between the hops and malt. It has a full mouthfeel but a dry finish. Very happy with this one, so thought I'd post it. It's one of the favorites with my friends out of my recent beers.
Type: All Grain
Date: 8/28/2009
Batch Size: 21.50 L
Brewer: Matt
Boil Size: 31.50 L
Boil Time: 120 min (longer boil to bring out that malt more)
Equipment: RIMS and 10 gallon boiler
Ingredients
Grain (percentages posted rather than amounts on grain so people with different efficiencies can just plug in a percentage instead):
Castle Pale Malt (Belgian)(3.6 SRM) 86.31 %
Crystal Malt - 50 (25.4 SRM) 4.96 %
Munich Malt (7.6 SRM) 3.57 %
Crystal Malt -350 (177.7 SRM) 2.38 %
Crystal Malt -150 (76.1 SRM) 1.59 %
Chocolate Malt (340.0 SRM) 1.19 %
Hops(all plugs):
12.00 gm Centennial [9.10 %] (120 min) (First Wort Hop) 15.4 IBU
7.00 gm Chinook [14.00 %] (120 min) (First Wort Hop) 13.8 IBU
10.00 gm Cascade [8.70 %] (15 min) 3.0 IBU
4.00 gm Chinook [14.00 %] (15 min) 1.9 IBU
10.00 gm Cascade [8.70 %] (2 min) 1.9 IBU
4.00 gm Chinook [14.00 %] (2 min) 1.2 IBU
1.50 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min)
Yeast slurry repitched from previous batch. No starter used.
Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.009 SG
Alcohol by Vol: 4.82 %
Bitterness: 37.1 IBU
Est Color: 14.5 SRM
Mash Profile
Sparge Water: 23.55 L
Sparge Temperature: 169.0 F
Mash PH: 5.4 PH
Add 1.24 quarts per pound or 2.58 liters per kilo of water to achieve:
60 min Step 153.0 F
10 min Step 167.0 F
Table sugar used for priming at bottling, carbonated to 2.55 volumes.
The beer has a surprising amount of hops in the aroma and especially the flavor given the numbers of what was added. I think this is from the First Wort Hops but can't be certain. The malt is pronounced and there's a nice balance between the two. It's not super bitter, being bittered to the level of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, but with a lower gravity. This is not a crazy hophead beer but one with more balance between the hops and malt. It has a full mouthfeel but a dry finish. Very happy with this one, so thought I'd post it. It's one of the favorites with my friends out of my recent beers.
Type: All Grain
Date: 8/28/2009
Batch Size: 21.50 L
Brewer: Matt
Boil Size: 31.50 L
Boil Time: 120 min (longer boil to bring out that malt more)
Equipment: RIMS and 10 gallon boiler
Ingredients
Grain (percentages posted rather than amounts on grain so people with different efficiencies can just plug in a percentage instead):
Castle Pale Malt (Belgian)(3.6 SRM) 86.31 %
Crystal Malt - 50 (25.4 SRM) 4.96 %
Munich Malt (7.6 SRM) 3.57 %
Crystal Malt -350 (177.7 SRM) 2.38 %
Crystal Malt -150 (76.1 SRM) 1.59 %
Chocolate Malt (340.0 SRM) 1.19 %
Hops(all plugs):
12.00 gm Centennial [9.10 %] (120 min) (First Wort Hop) 15.4 IBU
7.00 gm Chinook [14.00 %] (120 min) (First Wort Hop) 13.8 IBU
10.00 gm Cascade [8.70 %] (15 min) 3.0 IBU
4.00 gm Chinook [14.00 %] (15 min) 1.9 IBU
10.00 gm Cascade [8.70 %] (2 min) 1.9 IBU
4.00 gm Chinook [14.00 %] (2 min) 1.2 IBU
1.50 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min)
Yeast slurry repitched from previous batch. No starter used.
Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.009 SG
Alcohol by Vol: 4.82 %
Bitterness: 37.1 IBU
Est Color: 14.5 SRM
Mash Profile
Sparge Water: 23.55 L
Sparge Temperature: 169.0 F
Mash PH: 5.4 PH
Add 1.24 quarts per pound or 2.58 liters per kilo of water to achieve:
60 min Step 153.0 F
10 min Step 167.0 F
Table sugar used for priming at bottling, carbonated to 2.55 volumes.