TANSTAAFB
Well-Known Member
I posted this in the all grain forum and got nothing, hoping I'll get a little more feedback here...
I brewed this Moose Drool clone about a month ago, been in the bottle just over a week. I had to rush fermentation a little for my taste to have plenty of beer ready for a party... This was part of a weeklong 5 batch marathon! Hit all my temps and beer tastes great, just not what I expected from a brown and not what I remember the Moose tasting like.
I understand it is still very young, but this beer tastes a lot like a scotch ale. It has a strong boozy flavor, way stronger than the gravity implies. Nice deep copper brown color, malty nose and flavor with solid bitterness. Reminds me of a lighter version of old chub from oskar blues.
Here is the recipe, what do y'all think?
11 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 83.02 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 11.32 %
8.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 3.77 %
4.0 oz Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 1.89 %
60 min 1.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (60 min) Hops
15 min 1.00 oz Williamette [5.50 %] (15 min) Hops
10 min 0.50 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
10 min 1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 min 0.50 oz Hallertauer [3.80 %] (1 min) Hops
Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge 154.0 F
boil volume of 4.65 gal
Batch size = 5.5 gal
Estimated pre-boil gravity is 1.066
OG = 1056
FG = 1016
28 IBU
.5 IBU/SG ratio
I brewed this Moose Drool clone about a month ago, been in the bottle just over a week. I had to rush fermentation a little for my taste to have plenty of beer ready for a party... This was part of a weeklong 5 batch marathon! Hit all my temps and beer tastes great, just not what I expected from a brown and not what I remember the Moose tasting like.
I understand it is still very young, but this beer tastes a lot like a scotch ale. It has a strong boozy flavor, way stronger than the gravity implies. Nice deep copper brown color, malty nose and flavor with solid bitterness. Reminds me of a lighter version of old chub from oskar blues.
Here is the recipe, what do y'all think?
11 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 83.02 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 11.32 %
8.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 3.77 %
4.0 oz Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 1.89 %
60 min 1.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (60 min) Hops
15 min 1.00 oz Williamette [5.50 %] (15 min) Hops
10 min 0.50 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
10 min 1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 min 0.50 oz Hallertauer [3.80 %] (1 min) Hops
Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge 154.0 F
boil volume of 4.65 gal
Batch size = 5.5 gal
Estimated pre-boil gravity is 1.066
OG = 1056
FG = 1016
28 IBU
.5 IBU/SG ratio