Great Divide Hibernation Ale Clone

[Prymal]

Does anyone have a clone for this recipe. The beer has been a winter staple of great divide since 1995 but I can't find a single clone out there anywhere. If you don't have one would anyone care to take a stab?

Thanks all!

 

[headbanger]

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 6.50 gal
Boil Size: 7.69 gal
Estimated OG: 1.077 SG
Estimated Color: 19.2 SRM
Estimated IBU: 36.9 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
8.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (2.2 SRM) Grain 40.00 %
8.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 40.00 %
1.50 lb Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 7.50 %
1.50 lb Brown Malt (65.0 SRM) Grain 5.00 %
0.75 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 3.75 %
0.50 lb Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 2.50 %
0.25 lb Chocolate Malt (400.0 SRM) Grain 1.25 %
1.00 oz Williamette [5.50 %] (Dry Hop 14 days) Hops -
1.20 oz Citra [10.50 %] (60 min) Hops 26.1 IBU
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (15 min) Hops 5.1 IBU
1.00 oz Williamette [5.50 %] (15 min) Hops 5.7 IBU
1 Pkgs Yorkshire Square Ale Yeast Yeast-Ale w/starter


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 20.00 lb
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Single Infusion, Medium Body
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 28.92 qt of water at 165.5 F 155.0 F

 

[sturxph]

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 6.50 gal
Boil Size: 7.69 gal
Estimated OG: 1.077 SG
Estimated Color: 19.2 SRM
Estimated IBU: 36.9 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
------------
Amount Item Type % or IBU
8.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (2.2 SRM) Grain 40.00 %
8.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 40.00 %
1.50 lb Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 7.50 %
1.50 lb Brown Malt (65.0 SRM) Grain 5.00 %
0.75 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 3.75 %
0.50 lb Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 2.50 %
0.25 lb Chocolate Malt (400.0 SRM) Grain 1.25 %
1.00 oz Williamette [5.50 %] (Dry Hop 14 days) Hops -
1.20 oz Citra [10.50 %] (60 min) Hops 26.1 IBU
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (15 min) Hops 5.1 IBU
1.00 oz Williamette [5.50 %] (15 min) Hops 5.7 IBU
1 Pkgs Yorkshire Square Ale Yeast Yeast-Ale w/starter

Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 20.00 lb
----------------------------
Single Infusion, Medium Body
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 28.92 qt of water at 165.5 F 155.0 F

great divide hibernation ale

 

[turkeyjerky214]

Did you end up brewing this? After a recent visit to Great Divide, I'm really interested in trying this.

 

[Prymal]

No I didn't I wish I had though.

 

[Beernip]

Love this beer. May have to give this recipe a try.

 

[Prymal]

I made a different winter warmer from this site and it was so aweful I dumped it. I would recommend this recipe over anything else.

 

[turkeyjerky214]

I made a different winter warmer from this site and it was so aweful I dumped it. I would recommend this recipe over anything else.

I'm confused. You're recommending this recipe? I thought you said you haven't brewed it.

 

[Prymal]

No I haven't but I disliked the winter warmer I brewed instead so much it made me regret not making this.

 

[tdawg183]

So where did you get the recipe then??? Has anybody tried it?

 

[BudzAndSudz]

The recipe posted here came from an old NorthernBrewer.com thread from 2009. It's basically as much of a crapshoot as anything you could come up with.

http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=82520

 

[BudzAndSudz]

Here's a recipe from a different thread at brewboard.com. Sounds like you could top it off with some 2-row to hit your target OG and have a pretty close replica beer.

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Well, I accidentally made this beer while shooting for a pseudo-brown ale recently. My O.G. was a little lower than Great Divide's but the aroma, flavor and mouthfeel wouldn't have you know it. Tasted side-by-side with Hibernation and it's pretty much dead on. Just thought I'd pass it along. Best beer I've ever made.

All-Grain
5.5 Gallons

14# Vienna Malt
1.5# Flaked Oats
12 oz. Caramunich
8 oz. Special Roast
8 oz. Biscuit
6 oz. Chocolate Malt

1 hour mash at 154
65 minute boil

1 oz. Amarillo at 65 minutes
.5 oz. each Northern Brewer & Nugget 15 min.
.5 oz. each Northern Brewer & Nugget 5 minutes

Yeast: Wyeast 1335 (British Ale II)
2.5 week primary at 68 degrees

 

[turkeyjerky214]

Just picked up a case so I've got some to age for another year or two. Absolutely love this beer.

I know it's primarily Vienna, but I would've guessed that there's at least some Maris Otter in there. Maybe like an 80/20 split. Seems a little high on the flaked oats. Also, while I've never picked up on it, most reviews say they get a very subtle smokiness in the finish. Wondering if they maybe use Wyeast 1728 around 62º. Also, the Amarillo seems really out of place.

Anyone else care to weigh in?

Edit: Just had a bottle. It might actually be all Vienna for the base malt. Still not picking up any bits of Amarillo though. Maybe Magnum for bittering and Northdown for flavor/aroma?

 

[BudzAndSudz]

So I brewed that recipe above back in september, but substituted amarillo for chinook and used WLP005 because the LHBS was out of WY1335.


To be perfectly honest, I like mine more. It's incredibly similar flavor wise, but mine is just a tad more drinkable. Honestly if you want to clone the beer, this is the recipe to start with. Some minor tweaks (some sugar perhaps to up the ABV to give it that bite) and you'll be good to go.

 

[bwible]

Here’s whats on their website. How are they calling this an English ale with cascade and centennial though? Maybe changed since 2012?

I find this frequently - homebrewers tend to get carried away with specialty malts. Big breweries for the most part don’t do this. Their recipes tend to be much simpler.