Goose Island Harvest Ale

[NorthSide]

bmason1623 - check out this video from goose island about harvest ale!



says they use special pale malt, and it also shows a bag of caramel 60. toward the middle he talks about how much cascade they use and that they dry hop. they also filter it which is why you won't see the haze from wheat.

i might try to come up with something based on this and see how it turns out.

 

[wegz15]

How did this turn out? Any reviews yet?

 

[NorthSide]

never got around to trying to brew this... anyone else?

 

[bmason1623]

I brewed this a month ago and bottled it last friday. To me it tastes nothing like HA based on my gravity sample. I think the recipe needs a lot of crystal. Also, the hop schedule needs to be figured out.

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[bmason1623]

okey dokey, I'm drinking a glass of my HA clone attempt. It doesn't taste like HA unfortunately. While my attempt is not bad it's not great either. To me it's missing two things. One, I think it needs much more crystal malt. i used 1# of crystal 120 only. Maybe 3 or 4 pounds of crystal 60 I'm thinking? Secondly, i used the hop schedule that I posted on this thread. I think it needs slightly more bittering hops and significantly more aromatic hops. Maybe someone else who has brewed this can chime in. ThatGuyRyan?

 

[bmason1623]

all righty now, it was exactly 2 weeks ago today that I bottled my HA clone attempt that I brewed on 9/04/11. It tastes much better than last week now that it's properly carbed. And you know what? it tastes close but not quite the same as the real thing. I think it needs more malty flavor from extra crystal and MO. It also needs to have a stronger hop aroma and a little more bitterness. I would leave the hop time additions as is just increase the amount. I will attempt again but maybe do the following changes:

Recipe: Harvest Ale American ESB #2
Brewer: Bill
Asst Brewer:
Style: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
TYPE: All Grain


Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 7.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.061 SG
Estimated Color: 27.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 43.6 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 40.00 %
3.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 24.00 %
2.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 16.00 %
2.00 lb Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 16.00 %
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 4.00 %
1.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (60 min) (First Wort HopHops 27.7 IBU
1.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (10 min) Hops 9.1 IBU
1.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min) Hops 6.7 IBU
1 Pkgs SafAle American Ale (DCL Yeast #S-05) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 12.50 lb
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Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 3.88 gal of water at 166.2 F 152.0 F


EDIT: Now that I've had 2 glasses I'm thinking slightly less hop increases of only .25 ounces for each addition but I would keep the times the same. Hoping to brew this in a couple of weeks or so.