fixitoscar
Well-Known Member
here is my report for my 3rd version of ab. I'm still in the c150 club. A couple changes to my process. I am now using a pump to whirlpool and decrease my cooling times quite a bit from just stirring with an immersion chiller. I am kegging now also. I really like chasing this recipe.
5.5 gal 75% eff
13# 10 oz 2 row
1#4.1 oz c150
6.7 oz c75
4.2 oz chocolate malt 350 srm
2.31 oz chinook 90 min
1.06 oz chinook 13 min
.53 oz chinook 5 min
1.57 oz chinook 0-whirlpool
wlp007
24.4 srm 121 ibu 1.076 sg
tasting and pics to follow shortly.
time to drink side by side.
see my previous recipes and results in this thread. Main changes from last time are, I raised hops and subbed chocolate malt for some c150 keeping the same srm I had before.
overall this one is extremely close. I'm no longer splitting logs I'm splitting hairs.
the color is so darn close. mine slightly darker,not even a full srm in my opinion. but I got the red color I was looking for with the chocolate.
Hops are very very close. Ab edges mine out on bitterness. Both have that nice resiny lingering finish. Stones ab hop finish lasts a little longer than mine. The hops are very close.
ahh the malts... malt flavor is very close. The only difference I can taste is mine has a light sweetness that ab does not. i don't know why I left the c75 in the recipe. I'm sure that is part of it.
I will make some small changes for next time. I'll leave out the c75 and pull a bit of c150 to drop one srm point. I'll make my 90 min 2.5oz i will move my hops around to get more inline with what stone does. combine both the 15 min and 5 min addition and make them both 5 min. for 1.6oz
Last thing I will do is add some more gypsum. to highlight the hops more than I have previously.
mine on the left
5.5 gal 75% eff
13# 10 oz 2 row
1#4.1 oz c150
6.7 oz c75
4.2 oz chocolate malt 350 srm
2.31 oz chinook 90 min
1.06 oz chinook 13 min
.53 oz chinook 5 min
1.57 oz chinook 0-whirlpool
wlp007
24.4 srm 121 ibu 1.076 sg
tasting and pics to follow shortly.
time to drink side by side.
see my previous recipes and results in this thread. Main changes from last time are, I raised hops and subbed chocolate malt for some c150 keeping the same srm I had before.
overall this one is extremely close. I'm no longer splitting logs I'm splitting hairs.
the color is so darn close. mine slightly darker,not even a full srm in my opinion. but I got the red color I was looking for with the chocolate.
Hops are very very close. Ab edges mine out on bitterness. Both have that nice resiny lingering finish. Stones ab hop finish lasts a little longer than mine. The hops are very close.
ahh the malts... malt flavor is very close. The only difference I can taste is mine has a light sweetness that ab does not. i don't know why I left the c75 in the recipe. I'm sure that is part of it.
I will make some small changes for next time. I'll leave out the c75 and pull a bit of c150 to drop one srm point. I'll make my 90 min 2.5oz i will move my hops around to get more inline with what stone does. combine both the 15 min and 5 min addition and make them both 5 min. for 1.6oz
Last thing I will do is add some more gypsum. to highlight the hops more than I have previously.
mine on the left