ceannt
Well-Known Member
At long last, and against all hope, I have acquired a 10-gallon by dang beverage cooler! (I have despaired of ever finding one around here, and have completely given up on a legally acquired Sanke keg)
To celebrate the retirement of my pathetic 5-gallon mash tun, I want to brew up a fairly big beer. I was considering throwing a bunch of Golden Promise, and a bit of roasted barley at it and doing a Wee Heavy
. And then I thought, how about a Double Bock brewed as an Ale; call it Debacle (Dee-Bock-Ale
. yeah I know
cheesy as shucks)
. Then it hit me
how about I brew up a real monster
. Something that bears a passing resemblance (but only in passing) to a Belgian Dark Strong Ale
throw the style guidelines out the window, and put some dang hops in there! Make it dark, not as reliant on sugars, have a much more restrained yeast presence, and only moderate carbonation
. basically mangle the style beyond recognition
. and more to my tastes. Sounds like fun to me
. tasty too
.for a mutant brew
. I just about wore out the buttons on my calculator, and went through the better part of a pack of yellow stickies on this one (my brewing software will not work on my machine at work, dang Windows 7 compatibility issues
grrrr) but after a good bit of head scratching this is what I have come up with
..
Apocalypse Ale
For a 5-gallon batch:
11.5pounds Pilsner malt
2-pounds Munich malt
0.5-pounds Special B
1-pound white wheat malt
0.25-pounds Carafa III
1-pound turbinado sugar
¼ cup molasses (wonder what that weighs??)
0.5 tsp black pepper
1.5-oz styrian goldings 60-min
0.5-oz styrian goldings 30-min
1-oz saaz 5-min. or maybe spalt ..
T-58 yeast (2-packs) rehydrated then again, maybe I should just throw some Notty at it
15-min. protein rest at 128 degrees, strike in at 1.2-quarts/pound with 4.58 gal at 139.7 degrees (assume grain at 70)
Step up to 149 degrees for 60-min with 2.37 gal. boiling water
Batch sparge
90-min. boil, sugars added last 10-min.
Should give me an O.G. in the mid-upper 80s like maybe 1.086 or 1.087 (big enough to be arrogant, but not overbearing )
Color should be in the neighborhood of 23 SRM or so probably end up darker, my hand calculations are not real reliable for color Morey has been known to let me down
Bitterness should be like 44 IBU (wonder if I should bump this up to more like 50 hee hee)
APV should be a good bit over 9%
I obviously need to check my numbers with the computer, but this seems evil enough to be unique, but still be enjoyable A beer to sip by the fire while the Zombies scratch at the door .
So, what do you think????
Apocalypse Ale
For a 5-gallon batch:
11.5pounds Pilsner malt
2-pounds Munich malt
0.5-pounds Special B
1-pound white wheat malt
0.25-pounds Carafa III
1-pound turbinado sugar
¼ cup molasses (wonder what that weighs??)
0.5 tsp black pepper
1.5-oz styrian goldings 60-min
0.5-oz styrian goldings 30-min
1-oz saaz 5-min. or maybe spalt ..
T-58 yeast (2-packs) rehydrated then again, maybe I should just throw some Notty at it
15-min. protein rest at 128 degrees, strike in at 1.2-quarts/pound with 4.58 gal at 139.7 degrees (assume grain at 70)
Step up to 149 degrees for 60-min with 2.37 gal. boiling water
Batch sparge
90-min. boil, sugars added last 10-min.
Should give me an O.G. in the mid-upper 80s like maybe 1.086 or 1.087 (big enough to be arrogant, but not overbearing )
Color should be in the neighborhood of 23 SRM or so probably end up darker, my hand calculations are not real reliable for color Morey has been known to let me down
Bitterness should be like 44 IBU (wonder if I should bump this up to more like 50 hee hee)
APV should be a good bit over 9%
I obviously need to check my numbers with the computer, but this seems evil enough to be unique, but still be enjoyable A beer to sip by the fire while the Zombies scratch at the door .
So, what do you think????