American IPA Dogfish Head 60 Minute Clone (AG) & Extract

[Jostci]

I figured it would be different, just wasn't sure how. I'm pretty new to brewing and didn't want to make a barley wine, so I just used the grain I had. As long as it turns out good ill be happy. I'm just not familiar with the flavor that the specialty grains add to the beer. How sweet are we talking?

 

[BullGator]

Well it's been in the primary for a week now, so I'm gonna move it to the secondary soon and take a gravity. Is there any disadvantage to having the extra sugars in there, and if the fermentation appears to be complete and I have a gravity of over 1.02 will it just be a heavier bodied beer or will that affect the flavor too?

I looked it up and it appears crystal malts have some unfermentable sugars such as dextrins that are tasteless and add weight and viscosity to the beer. This results in a beer with more body but it will most likely be sweeter as well. Apparently the more the crystal malt is roasted the more additional sugars are also left behind. So you might have very well just brewed a barleywine version of the beer. Same beer just sweeter.

 

[Jostci]

Sweet, thanks for the info. I'm gonna take a hydro reading in a little while and give it a taste. It's definatly darker than dfh

 

[Jostci]

Gravity came in at 1.011

 

[cacique]

Would this work as a partial mash?
6lb pale malt
1lb crystal 40
4lb light dme

Same hop schedule.

 

[Bigcorona]

2nd attempt.

 

[Bigcorona]

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[Yooper]

Would this work as a partial mash?
6lb pale malt
1lb crystal 40
4lb light dme

Same hop schedule.

That should work fine. I'd suggest having some extra DME on hand, just in case your mash efficiency is low.

 

[BullGator]

Gravity came in at 1.011

Interesting. Does it taste sweet or dry?

 

[Jostci]

The beer has a darker color than dfh, but no sweetness. Since the gravity was so low I went ahead and transferred to secondary and dry hopped yesterday. I used wye yeast 1056 smack packs and smacked them the day before I brewed. After only ten minutes the airlock started bubbling aggressively. Could a hyper fermentation combined with a super efficient mash be the reason the gravity is so low, and is it possible to convert crystal to usable sugars? (pardon my ignorance)

 

[D_Nyholm]

Just bottled this last night and have 2 nice samples. Mine actually only went down to 1.016 with Safeale 05 yeast so it is only 7.86% I could not believe how good it was before I bottled it, so close to the way I remember DFH60 tasting. Can't wait to pop open one in 3 weeks and compare it to the bottle of the real stuff I have waiting. I can't imagine it being much different, and mine has more alcohol to boot!

Thank Yooper! Great recipe!

 

[Brizzo]

Hey Yoop, this is going to be my first all grain and I wondering if this grain bill will fit in a 10 gal rubbermaid mash tun with no issues?

 

[DustBow]

no issues Brizzo - would get a little tight scaled up for a 10 gallon batch but still do-able

 

[FireRescueFL]

Yep, brewed it a couple of times in the same Rubbermaid tun with no problems at all.

---Chris

 

[HBrew71]

Hey Yoop, this is going to be my first all grain and I wondering if this grain bill will fit in a 10 gal rubbermaid mash tun with no issues?

I have the same 10gal MT. I make 5 gal batches, including this recipe, without any problem.

 

[mizzourah2006]

what would you guys suggest if my LHBS did not have the Thomas Fawcett Amber?

Is there a decent substitute? Perhaps 8oz of a crystal 60L, or another malt that gives amber color and a little flavor?

 

[elproducto]

TF Amber malt is listed at 31-40 Lovibond, so C40 would work. It's really more for color than anything.

 

[zeekage]

what would you guys suggest if my LHBS did not have the Thomas Fawcett Amber?

Is there a decent substitute? Perhaps 8oz of a crystal 60L, or another malt that gives amber color and a little flavor?

Check this post out. Yooper lists her substitute malt preferences.

 

[elproducto]

I used Biscuit when I did it, and it was fantastic.

 

[mizzourah2006]

TF Amber malt is listed at 31-40 Lovibond, so C40 would work. It's really more for color than anything.

Check this post out. Yooper lists her substitute malt preferences.

thank you both. That was very helpful.

 

[copyright1997]

what would you guys suggest if my LHBS did not have the Thomas Fawcett Amber?

Is there a decent substitute? Perhaps 8oz of a crystal 60L, or another malt that gives amber color and a little flavor?

You can make your own Amber malt. Take the 2-row, put it in a cookie sheet in the oven @ 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

 

[HBrew71]

what would you guys suggest if my LHBS did not have the Thomas Fawcett Amber?

Is there a decent substitute? Perhaps 8oz of a crystal 60L, or another malt that gives amber color and a little flavor?

I had the same problem. I used crisp amber malt. Worked out nicely.

BTW rebel brewer has TF amber: http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shoppingcart/products/Fawcett-Amber-Malt-(by-the-ounce).html

 

[ringneck]

I brewed up this recipe back in Jan and am moving it into the keg tonight. It was my first all-grain brew and i am thrilled with how it tastes so far (It's not carbed yet)

being my first time with my mash tun I didn't know what to expect in efficiency, so I upped the 2-row to 14lbs. my efficiency turned out at 70% leading to a OG 1.062 -> 1.012 with 2 packages of pacman yeast. (I'll be set up to make a starter next time)

thanks for a great recipe!

 

[ShaLaH]

This was my first AG batch, turned out deeeeee-lish. My friends are all impressed. Thanks for the recipe!

 

[bradford0113]

I brewed the extract version of this recipe this past weekend. The following link is to a video that shows the highlights my my pretty simple extract brewing process. Brew day went just as planned. Let's hope this turns out as well as it should!

[ame="http://vimeo.com/37289176"]http://vimeo.com/37289176[/ame]

 

[rmmepv]

So I went to my lhbs and they only had Munich lme in stock. It is Srm 8 but uses Munich malts. Will this still turn out ok? I am still a bit new to this. Thanks.

 

[elproducto]

So I went to my lhbs and they only had Munich lme in stock. It is Srm 8 but uses Munich malts. Will this still turn out ok? I am still a bit new to this. Thanks.

What's the Munich for? This recipe has no Munich.

 

[zeekage]

Did they have any light DME? I would hesitate using Munich extract as I think it will change this beer a lot. Munich extracts are usually 40-50% munich malt which is a lot considering the original recipe has none.