Buffalo Wild Wings Redhook Game Changer Clone

[ibrewmyown]

20 IBU's in the whirlpool? They must use a huge amount of hops to get that. How did you get 20 IBU's from 1 ounce of Cascade? You can leave an ounce in there for several hours and not come close to 20 IBU's.

 

[barhopping247]

Did you happen to save this in beersmith? Any chance you would like to share the file?

Guys I have kinda gathered a little more information and thanks to BeerSmith and Brewers Friend I put together a 5 gallon recipe. The only issues that stand out, is the color and the almost no hops in the boil. Please if you see something I have done wrong please correct me. I am going to brew this and test it out. Here you go :

OG: 1.046 (Closest I could get to 1.043 and get the ABV close)
FG: 1.011

ABV: 4.52%
IBU: 25.05
SRM 7.37 (much more orange then it needs to be)

Fermentables :

124oz (7.75lbs) American Pale 2 Row 84.4% Changed qty to 9.5lbs on LHBS recommendation
9oz American Crystal 60 6.1%
14oz American Crystal 10 9.5%

Mashed at 152.6F for 30 minutes

Typical Boil 60 Minutes

2 hop add ins

Magnum .5oz added at 55 minutes
Cascade 1oz added during Whirlpool for 25 minutes

Thats basically it. Am i missing something from the instructions that the brewery gave? This will be the first brew that only had a small amount of hop added during the boil. Also any ideas on why the color looks like a shock top? I would assume that you add more C60 like they said, but that screws up the grain % quite a bit. I am above on the C60, but was not sure about going higher to match the color. thoughts and ideas are welcomed.

 

[21jason21]

Yes I used only 1 oz the first time I brewed it and it turned out great, could have been hoppier to closer match the original. So this time I used 4oz or 5.5 cascade in the whirlpool and it's still in the fermenter. The recipe turned out very very good. I would highly recommend it. Along with the 4oz hops I increased the mash time to 60 minutes. So we will see..... It smells and tastes great. It will be be out of the fermenter in a week, so couple weeks after that I will know.

 

[21jason21]

Yes I did do a beer smith on it and I was having difficulties determining the BU without it boiling. So I asked my LHBS a recommendation. It is really good with just 1oz of cascade. But just like anything else I cannot leave well enough alone. I have been brewing for several years and to date this is the only one that I have brewed again, if that tells you something.

 

[barhopping247]

Could you send me the beer smith file?

 

[21jason21]

I have loaded all three recipes onto the beersmith cloud. My user name is je21. Let me know if you can't get it.

I did three recipes

The original- copied directly off the brewery. Which the ABV was low and the ibu was low and the SRM was too golden. So my LHBS made the recommendation of Clone I. I brewed Clone I and it was very good, close but not spot on like I wanted. Color was a little off. And hops were pleasant... But not like it should be. So I tweaked it again and created Clone II. Color looks much better, since I mashed for 60 instead of 30. And the hops smell great... Much stronger.... We will see, I am going to rack it out of my conical and into the keg soon. I checked and the current gravity is 1.006. Puts the ABV around 5 where it should be.