Well if you haven't had claymore by Great Divide, go find it I love this beer but can't get my hands on it where I live so here I go.
I already contacted the brewery but they didn't give any info and their website pretty much just describes what the BJCP does so I am just going to do my own thing.
I am looking for the same malt complexity that is in Claymore and based on what I have ready thus far, this is what I am thinking
95 % base mix of marris and 2 row or all 2 row ( I thinking having more marris will help with the malt taste I am looking for as I want this to finish a tad lower than a standard wee heavy)
4.5 % roasted barley
.5% peated malt
either use extract or first runnings to boil down to a fraction of the original amount. I am thinking if I use DME I could start this before I mash in so that it can boil down the entire time while I brew on a extra turkey fryer burner. Then mix in at the end of the boil.
Then use WLP028 yeast Edinburgh
Hops are a after thought
I will be brewing a 5g batch of "Perfect Porter" that I use Edinburgh yeast with as my "starter"
what do you think?
I already contacted the brewery but they didn't give any info and their website pretty much just describes what the BJCP does so I am just going to do my own thing.
I am looking for the same malt complexity that is in Claymore and based on what I have ready thus far, this is what I am thinking
95 % base mix of marris and 2 row or all 2 row ( I thinking having more marris will help with the malt taste I am looking for as I want this to finish a tad lower than a standard wee heavy)
4.5 % roasted barley
.5% peated malt
either use extract or first runnings to boil down to a fraction of the original amount. I am thinking if I use DME I could start this before I mash in so that it can boil down the entire time while I brew on a extra turkey fryer burner. Then mix in at the end of the boil.
Then use WLP028 yeast Edinburgh
Hops are a after thought
I will be brewing a 5g batch of "Perfect Porter" that I use Edinburgh yeast with as my "starter"
what do you think?