NB Phat Tyre Extract w/ New Belgium Yeast

[Scimmia]

They get away with it by including Victory, which is very similar to Biscuit (it's the American version). I even read something about New Belgium using Victory, but it wasn't anything solid.

 

[ttownbrew]

My LHBS has a clone kit with these ingredients...what do you think?

6 lbs Muntons Light LME
0.50 lb. Dingemans Victory
0.50 lb. Special Roast
0.50 lb. Briess Carapils malt
0.50 lb. Weyermann Light Munich malt
0.50 lb. Weyermann Cara Red
.5 oz Willamette pellet hops (Bittering)
.33 oz Fuggle pellet hops (Flavor)
.5 oz Fuggle pellet hops (Finishing)
1 tsp. Irish moss
2/3 to 3/4 cup corn sugar to prime
Wyeast 1056

 

[jvh261]

looks good to me. Special roast = biscuit.

I didn't know that victory was an american version of biscuit. I learn something everyday.

 

[Scimmia]

looks good to me. Special roast = biscuit.

Actually, Special Roast is about 50L, Biscuit is around 25L, so they're not the same. Special Roast is supposed to give some biscuity flavor, though.

 

[DRAGGER]

Here is the last one I did I was mistaken on the hop additions posted earlier.... I will edit that post.....

DRAGGER.....

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Fat Tire
Brewer: DRAGGER
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Amber Ale
TYPE: Extract
Taste: (48.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 2.43 gal
Estimated OG: 1.039 SG
Estimated Color: 17.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 16.8 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: - %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.00 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 59.74 %
0.50 lb Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 5.97 %
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.97 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 5.97 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 5.97 %
0.50 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 5.97 %
0.50 lb Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 5.97 %
0.25 lb Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 2.99 %
0.12 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 1.43 %
0.75 oz Williamette [5.50 %] (60 min) Hops 10.8 IBU
0.75 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] (20 min) Hops 4.8 IBU
0.33 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] (10 min) Hops 1.3 IBU
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 20.0 min) Misc
5.00 gal Los Angeles, CA (West) Water
1 Pkgs Fat Tire (Wyeast Labs) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: None
Total Grain Weight: 10.00 lb
----------------------------
Steep grains as desired (30-60 minutes)

 

[beerfactory]

racked mine to secondary last night after two weeks in primary. gravity was at 1.046

drank a glass and it tasted great!

can't wait to get this stuff kegged...

 

[DRAGGER]

Here is the current schedule unless the gravity says otherwise.....

1/5/2008 - Primary fermentation (7 days at 68.0 F)

1/12/2008 - Secondary fermentation (21 days at 68.0 F)

DRAGGER.....

 

[amishland]

Which kit is that? Only .5 oz of hops fro the length of the boil ? Its not a hoppy brew, but that seems way low. IBUs will be next to nothing. Take a look at a few of the other clone recipes floating around. The IBUs should be in the 20 -30 range.

The kit I bought came from northern brewer.

 

[jvh261]

Bottled mine last night. No pics since my batteries weren't charged, but it was very clear, a beautiful shade of amber and smelled great.

It went 14 days in primary, 12 days in secondary. Went from an OG of 1.054 to a FG of 1.013.

I used YooperBrew's clone recipe as the basis and only changed a few things.

Here is what I did:
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5 gallon batch: 2.5 gallon boil.

Steeping Grains:
.75 lb. Crystal (60L)
.25 lb. Victory
6 oz. Caramunich
3 oz. Special Roast

steeped up to 155 degrees and held for 15-20 mins. Removed grains, brought to a boil, removed pot from the flame and added:

7 lbs. Ultralight Liquid Malt Extract

stirred until dissolved, returned to flame and brought back to a rolling boil. Added:

.75 oz. Northern Brewer (7.5% AA) 60 min.
1 oz. Hersbrucker (3.3% AA) 15 min.
.50 oz. Willamette (4.5% AA) 5 min.

Cooled wort in an ice bath. Topped off to 5 gallons in the fermenting bucket with cooled filtered (Brita pitcher) tap water. Aerated by shaking vigorously as much as humanly possible and pitched the Wyeast Fat Tire Ale yeast.

After 2 weeks in primary and 12 days in secondary, bottled it in stubby Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale bottles. Yield was 49 bottles.

 

[ρ®ïMσ]

my first homebrew was the AHBS extract kit w/ the nottingham dry yeast. a friend was in town from crested butte, co and told me that he honestly thought mine tasted better than FatTire:rockin: IMHO 1554 is far more tastier than FatTire. my AHBS 1554 clone will be at 3 weeks bottle conditioning tomorrow--im excited.

 

[BeachBumDeac]

So wait... is the New Belgium yeast still available from Northern Brewery? I'd LOVE to brew this one...

 

[DRAGGER]

So wait... is the New Belgium yeast still available from Northern Brewery? I'd LOVE to brew this one...

Your going to have to check around most of the online shops had it in late December there might be a few packs around..... I got mine from Austinhomebrew.com.....

http://pivo.northernbrewer.com/nbstore/action/search-do?searchTerm=fat+tire

DRAGGER.....

 

[greenleaf]

I ahve been drinking the clone kit from NB for about a week now. A decent beer...but not Fat Tire.

 

[Jonnio]

So wait... is the New Belgium yeast still available from Northern Brewery? I'd LOVE to brew this one...

I ordered some last week, so it should be. I am thinking about just making a big starter and freezing it off into vials so that I have a good supply of this over the next couple years