Oregon Civil War Party Beers

[madcowbrewing]

For this year’s Oregon vs Oregon State civil war in college football, I made a beer for each team for my party:

Bennie’s Beaver Dam Black Saison
OSU feature beer, It features hops developed at OSU in 1983 and is 8.3% to commemorate the last scoreless
tie in NCAA Div 1, The 1983 Civil War.....or the toilet bowl.
Additions of chocolate and orange (plus the color) is to represent the school’s colors.

Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: Belle Saison
Yeast Starter: dry
Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5
Original Gravity: 1.071
Final Gravity: 1.008
IBU: 25
Boiling Time (Minutes): 70
Color: 28.6
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): ~3 weeks at 68*F
Tasting Notes: Dry and crisp, chocolate is there in the mouthfeel and the hint of a spicy orange rounds it out.
Some Esters compliment the additions, but they are subdued. A little slick on the tongue, but very smooth despite it being dry.

Grain:
9 lbs 4.0 oz - Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) – 53.8 %
4 lbs - Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) – 26.1 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz – Munich Malt, Light (10.0 SRM) – 9.8 %
8 oz – Carafa II (412 SRM) – 3.3 %
5.3 oz – Chocolate Malt (350 SRM) – 2.2 %
4.0 oz – Special B Malt (180 SRM) – 1.6 %
8 oz – Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) – 3.3 %

Hops:
1.25 oz - Liberty [4.3 %] - 60.0 min – 15.6 IBUs
1 oz - Crystal [3.5 %] – 20 min – 6.2 IBUs
1 oz - Crystal [3.50 %] – 10 min – 3.7 IBUs

Other:
3.67 oz – Baking Chocolate – 5 mins
1.0 oz – Orange peel, sweet – 5 mins
0.25 oz Black Peppercorn – 5 mins


Mash at 150*F for 75 minutes


Duckbill Platypus Organic IPA
U of O feature beer,, built to 6.1% for the year (1961) the trophy went missing for 40 years.
Made with all organic malt and hops. Hops are a mix of Cascade and Crystal, both developed in the
Willamette Valley and came from the Eugene Local hop farm, Norton's.

Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: US-05
Yeast Starter: dry
Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5
Original Gravity: 1.060
Final Gravity: 1.013
IBU: 63
Boiling Time (Minutes): 70
Color: 5.6
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): ~12 days @ 64, cold crashed @ 32 for 2 days
Tasting Notes: Kegging today……

Grain:
10 lbs - Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) – 76.9 %
1 lbs - Carapils (2.0 SRM) – 7.7 %
1 lbs – Vienna Malt, Light (3.5 SRM) – 7.7 %
1 lbs – White Wheat (2.4 SRM) – 7.7 %

Hops:
1.25 oz - Cascade [7.5 %] - 60.0 min – 29.6 IBUs
2.0 oz – Cascade [7.5 %] – 10 min – 17.2 IBUs
2 oz - Crystal [3.5 %] – 5 min – 4.4 IBUs
2 oz - Crystal [3.50 %] – Whirlpool 15 min – 5.5 IBUs
1 oz - Cascade [7.50 %] – Whirlpool 15 min – 5.9 IBUs
2 oz – Citra [12.0 %] – Dry hop (4+4 schedule) – 0.0 IBUs


Mash at 150*F for 45 minutes

 

[Ariza-Poet]

Thats awesome!
Oregon has been at the crux of a lot frustration over the years as an Arizona Wildcat fan
but this is great nonetheless.

Maybe one day I'll be good enough at home brewing to do a Duel in the Desert batch
for ASU and UofA

 

[gotraut]

I love it! Go Ducks!

 

[smitty8202]

These are on the list to brew in the near future. Go Ducks.

 

[KatoBaggins]

Nice recipes! Go Big Green!!!