So. I really love the Sierra Nevada Narwhal. And I hate that it is seasonal. I found a few recipes and looked at the web site for sierra and built what I think will be a reasonably close clone. It is one week in the fermentor now. Brewed on Saturday pitched us-05 slurry form a pale ale I bottled that day. 6 gallon batch og 1.092 pitched Sunday am. checked Wednesday and sg was 1.034. Progressing nicely. tasted the sample. was like a chocolate coffee with a nice bite. I was pleased. Recipe:
Grains
14 lb Briess pale ale malt
4 lb briess brewers malt ( would have used the Pale ale but I ran short)
1 lb Carafa II
12 oz roasted barley
8 oz pale choc. malt 180L
8 oz choc malt 350L
8 oz C60
8 oz Honey malt
4 oz Black patent malt
Mashed @155 with 8 gallons for 60 min. fly sparge to reach pre boil volume of 8 gallons.( My boil off is 2 gal per hour in my large pot. so you adjust according to your equipment)
Hops
1 Oz Magnum @55 min
1 Oz Challenger @ 20 min
1 Oz Challenger @ 10 min
Just looking for comments on what you think of the recipe. I will provide updates as I progress.
Grains
14 lb Briess pale ale malt
4 lb briess brewers malt ( would have used the Pale ale but I ran short)
1 lb Carafa II
12 oz roasted barley
8 oz pale choc. malt 180L
8 oz choc malt 350L
8 oz C60
8 oz Honey malt
4 oz Black patent malt
Mashed @155 with 8 gallons for 60 min. fly sparge to reach pre boil volume of 8 gallons.( My boil off is 2 gal per hour in my large pot. so you adjust according to your equipment)
Hops
1 Oz Magnum @55 min
1 Oz Challenger @ 20 min
1 Oz Challenger @ 10 min
Just looking for comments on what you think of the recipe. I will provide updates as I progress.