Brew Night-Beelzeboss

[jeepinjeepin]

I have Beelzeboss boiling right now. Has anyone here ever made this brew? BYO October 2007

 

[Bithead]

A quick Google of that name shows one short thread

 

[Bithead]

Hmmm. My response to your post is time stamped before your question. Interesting things going on post rapture.

 

[jeepinjeepin]

Well it's chilled, pitched, and waiting. I was rushing and wasn't thinking things out earlier. The recipe has the Mt Dew broken down by # of cans. I bought 2 liters instead and ended up adding an extra bottle. OG of 1.060, expected (with 2 liters less Mt Dew) was 1.051

 

[jeepinjeepin]

It's down to 1.010. It is supposed to get down to 1.005. Hmmm. Did I mash high or is it still chewing?

 

[jwk526]

Well you had a higher OG, so I would think the expected FG should be higher as well, right?

Measure again in a few days and see if it's at .01.

 

[jeepinjeepin]

If the OG was higher via grain I would say yes. Since it was just extra sugar from the Mt Dew I would think it might go even lower.

I have slow airlock bubbles but I'm also letting the temp come up so that means nothing.

 

[jeepinjeepin]

Bottled 26 Fischer 24oz flip tops @ 1.013

 

[Fritobandito]

Interested to see how this turns out. If it turns out decent I'll give it a try.

 

[Chaserlm]

Can you give the recipe?

 

[jeepinjeepin]

2.0 lbs pilsner malt(I used MO)

1.0 lbs wheat malt

10 oz flaked wheat(I used torrified wheat)

6 oz flaked oats

40 12oz cans of Mt Dew(14 liters)

Zest of 5 Valencia oranges(I used dried zest)15 minutes

1 tsp Irish moss 15 minutes

.75 tsp yeast nutrient 15 minutes

4 AAU Styriam Goldings hops(45 min)
-I used 1oz. It seems like I found that # somewhere else

Wyeast 3944 or WLP410(1 qt starter)
-I used 2 packs of Wyeast Belgian strong instead of making a starter

2 pkg Safale US-05

Pour 24 cans into fermenter. Mash with water at 155*F for 40 minutes. Bring 1 gallon of water and remaining soda to boil. Recirculate and runoff. Batch sparge with hot Mt Dew. Boil. Hops. Zest. Moss. nutrient. Cool. Aerate and pitch both yeasts. Ferment at 73*F.

I mistakenly used eight 2 liters instead of seven. My fix was to boil all of the soda to reduce it to fit in my better bottle.

 

[jwk526]

http://***********/stories/recipein...cialty-a-experimental-beer/1172-mountain-brew

 

[jeepinjeepin]

http://***********/stories/recipeindex/article/recipes/112-specialty-a-experimental-beer/1172-mountain-brew

The recipe I posted was the second revision. Oct 2007 I think. Written by Chris Colby. He prefered it to the 2002 recipe.

 

[Chaserlm]

Thanks, this one looks interesting. Looking forward to hearing how it turns out.

 

[Quetzolcotl]

Any updates on how this turned out?

 

[wilfonzo]

How much water do you mash with, normal amount but subtract the 3.7 gallons for the mt dew?

 

[jeepinjeepin]

It turned out great. I've still 4 bottles. I don't remember the exact numbers right now. You do a standard mash with water. If I remember correctly you sparge with 50/50 mt dew/water.