Boulevard Brewing 80 Acre clone???

[thewall47]

Just brews my first AG beer and attempted a Boulevard 80 Acre Clone, with some slight modifications and bottled it last night. It definitely resembles the 80 Acre in taste and aroma... Mine is slightly cloudier, but I blame myself for that. Shoot me any questions you have about the attempt and I'll try to answer them... I'm looking forward the conditioning step waiting period to end! Enjoy!

Grain Bill

Pale Malt -7.1 #
Red Wheat Malt - 3.4 #
Wheat Flakes - 1 #

Mash Schedule:

Mash in at 145 F for 20 minutes
Step to 152 F for 60 minutes
Mash out at 168.8 F

Hops Additions

Amarillo - 0.06 oz @ 60 min (boil)
Columbus - 0.125 oz @ 60 min (boil)
Summit - 0.025 oz @1 min (boil)
Cascade - 5.0 oz @ flame out

Dry hops

Cascade - 1 oz
Nelson Sauvin - 1 oz

Gravity Readings

Pre-boil gravity was 1.045 @ 117 F = 1.055 (60 F)
Post-boil gravity was 1.053

Yeast

1 packet (11.5 g) Safale US-05 yeast

Ferment at 68-70 for 1 week
Transferred to secondary 1 week
Dry hopped secondary 5 days
Racked and bottled 10/21

 

[millerjr934]

How did it turn out

 

[highgravitybacon]

Just brews my first AG beer and attempted a Boulevard 80 Acre Clone, with some slight modifications and bottled it last night. It definitely resembles the 80 Acre in taste and aroma... Mine is slightly cloudier, but I blame myself for that. Shoot me any questions you have about the attempt and I'll try to answer them... I'm looking forward the conditioning step waiting period to end! Enjoy!

Grain Bill

Pale Malt -7.1 #
Red Wheat Malt - 3.4 #
Wheat Flakes - 1 #

Mash Schedule:

Mash in at 145 F for 20 minutes
Step to 152 F for 60 minutes
Mash out at 168.8 F

Hops Additions

Amarillo - 0.06 oz @ 60 min (boil)
Columbus - 0.125 oz @ 60 min (boil)
Summit - 0.025 oz @1 min (boil)
Cascade - 5.0 oz @ flame out

Dry hops

Cascade - 1 oz
Nelson Sauvin - 1 oz

Gravity Readings

Pre-boil gravity was 1.045 @ 117 F = 1.055 (60 F)
Post-boil gravity was 1.053

Yeast

1 packet (11.5 g) Safale US-05 yeast

Ferment at 68-70 for 1 week
Transferred to secondary 1 week
Dry hopped secondary 5 days
Racked and bottled 10/21

It's probably yeast. No commercial brewer uses the Chico strain / US05 without centrifuge, filtering, or fining. Try gelatin or isinglass and it should clear up provided you fully converted your mash.

 

[thewall47]

How did it turn out

Hmmmmm... First off DISCLAIMER: This was my first batch of homebrew ever and there are lots of modifications I plan to do before doing this recipe again...

I turned out smelling like 80 Acre but tasted more like an IPA in my opinion... I did a side by side comparison and they were very different. I have a couple of issues where this could have developed from in the process...

I did nothing to correct the water chemistry and after much further examination, it appears St. Louis City loves to dose high levels of Chlorine and also a very undesired pH... I have read a few places that these issues could release more tannins than desired..

My second issue come brew day (most definitely the culprit) was my kitchen scale was not sensitive enough to weight the small hop additions... I believe the hop utilization on this scale is much different than Boulevard commercial recipe... I will have to do more research...

I am very happy with my first batch of home brew none the less, it just wasn't 80 acre I made, but it was still a very drinkable/enjoyable beer... I can post some side by sides and color comparisons too!

 

[thewall47]

It's probably yeast. No commercial brewer uses the Chico strain / US05 without centrifuge, filtering, or fining. Try gelatin or isinglass and it should clear up provided you fully converted your mash.

Would gelatin also capture some of the small "hops" particles as well that are part of the bottom settled layer from dry hopping?

 

[highgravitybacon]

Would gelatin also capture some of the small "hops" particles as well that are part of the bottom settled layer from dry hopping?

Yes.

 

[jhabers]

Just brewed this tonight with some modifications.

1. I used two ounces of Cascade at flameout (For a 20 minute hop stand).
2. Got a lower efficiency than expected and ended up with an OG of 1.050 (No big deal).
3. Columbus only as the bittering hop addition.
4. US-05 Yeast
5. With my calculations, the IBU on my beer is approximately 30ish (A little bit more bitter).
6. Set fermenter to 65 degrees F. Plan to keep here for 10 days.
7. After 10 days, I will increase temp to 68 for the last 4.
8. On day 14, cold crash.
9. Day 15, rack to keg and dry-hop in the keg (with 2 ounces cascade and 2 ounces of Nelson Sauvin).

I'll keep you posted on how this turns out.

Haputanlas, would you be able to post a complete updated recipe? I am looking to brew this but am having trouble following the changes you made. Thank You!

 

[BigGoat]

Going to brew this soon. Would white wheat work just fine? I'm going to use it anyway since I have it on hand, just felt like asking. 80acre is a tasty brew. Can't wait!

 

[thewall47]

No idea! How did it turn out? I'm about ready to brew it again now that the kegging system is set up!

 

[BigGoat]

I haven't tried it yet. It's currently 3rd on the list behind Biermunchers octoberfast ale and another pumpkin ale. Here's what I'm looking at though. Stuff I have on hand

 

[BigGoat]

FG is at 1.011 and stable. Going to bottle/keg soon. Sample didn't taste Hoppy enough

 

[BigGoat]

It made a great wheat beer in my opinion. Needs some more hops. I'll post round 2 when I get to it

 

[trusty32]

Howdy.

I have been scouring the internets for a solid 80 acre extract clone, and have combined elements of different recipes to come up with the below recipe, which I would love someone who is a more advanced brewer take a look at and let me know what you think...

60 min boil

3.3 lbs Pilsner Liquid Extract
1 lbs Extra Light Extract
3 lbs Wheat Dry Extract

0.25 oz Bravo for 60 min
0.25 oz Zeus for 60 min
0.5 oz Summit for 5 min
0.5 oz Summit at flameout

1 Tb Irish Moss for 15 min

Yeast: 1 package Safale American

0.5 oz Cascade dry hop for 7 days
0.5 oz Nelson Sauvin dry hop for 7 days
0.5 oz Summit for dry hop 7 days

According to BeerSmith this will give:

• Est. OG of 1.059
• 33.2 IBU
• 6.1 SRM
• 5.9 ABV

I've loved 80 Acre since it came out, and while I know that this predicted IBU is a bit higher (Boulevard lists it at 21) I think it might work out good for a nice take on a beer I already love.

Please give me your thoughts, as I have almost no idea what I'm doing and want to make sure this won't be a waste ...

ipe:

 

[pinkfloyd4ever]

Howdy.

I have been scouring the internets for a solid 80 acre extract clone, and have combined elements of different recipes to come up with the below recipe, which I would love someone who is a more advanced brewer take a look at and let me know what you think...

60 min boil

3.3 lbs Pilsner Liquid Extract
1 lbs Extra Light Extract
3 lbs Wheat Dry Extract

0.25 oz Bravo for 60 min
0.25 oz Zeus for 60 min
0.5 oz Summit for 5 min
0.5 oz Summit at flameout

1 Tb Irish Moss for 15 min

Yeast: 1 package Safale American

0.5 oz Cascade dry hop for 7 days
0.5 oz Nelson Sauvin dry hop for 7 days
0.5 oz Summit for dry hop 7 days

According to BeerSmith this will give:

• Est. OG of 1.059
• 33.2 IBU
• 6.1 SRM
• 5.9 ABV

I've loved 80 Acre since it came out, and while I know that this predicted IBU is a bit higher (Boulevard lists it at 21) I think it might work out good for a nice take on a beer I already love.

Please give me your thoughts, as I have almost no idea what I'm doing and want to make sure this won't be a waste ...

ipe:

Personally I wouldn't bother using more than 1 hop for the 60m bittering. Just use enough of any bittering hop to get you the 20ish IBUs from that addition. You won't get any distinct aromatic/flavor qualities from a hop that's boiled for 60m.

Also I'd increase your flameout hop addition by a lot

Remember most (if not all) wheat extract is not 100% wheat. Look up the percentage of the one you're using or ask the store you're buying it from, but they range from maybe 70%wheat/30% barley to 50/50.