pig's ear brown ale

[Samaral]

Anyone have a all grain clone recipe. I had 1 on tap last night and really enjoyed it.

 

[dstockwell]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=432847

 

[BostonBrewinFan]

Has anybody tried brewing this clone? When I put it into beersmith with only the 3.3 lbs of LME the gravity is way off (1.041). Does anyone have any other recipes for this? I tried reaching out the brewery, but didn't get a response.

I plan on trying my hand at an AG version of this, but I was hoping for a bit more guidance before I dove in.

 

[dstockwell]

Well they list the grains and hops but no amounts or hop schedule.

Hops: Mt. Hood, Cascade, Willamette
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Torrified Wheat, Roasted Barley, Chocolate

 

[BostonBrewinFan]

Oh nice! One step closer. Did these come from the brewery or another post?

 

[dstockwell]

http://www.beermonthclub.com/woodstock-inn-brewery-pigs-ear-brown-ale.htm

 

[Samaral]

So I'm thinking maybe 7 lbs Maris otter
.5 c 60?
.5 wheat
.25 roasted barley
.25 chocolate malt
1 oz mt. hood @ 60
.5 Willamette @20
.5 cascade @ 0
wlp002
Really just guessing. Maybe a starting point.

 

[BostonBrewinFan]

I just brewed this today:

BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Little Piggie Brown Ale
Style: American Brown Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Boil Size: 6.71 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.46 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.86 gal
Estimated OG: 1.054 SG
Estimated Color: 20.6 SRM
Estimated IBU: 24.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
------------
8 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) 81.0 %
12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) 7.1 %
8.0 oz Wheat, Torrified (1.7 SRM) 4.8 %
4.0 oz Brown Malt (65.0 SRM) 2.4 %
4.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) 2.4 %
4.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) 2.4 %

0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min 10.6 IBUs
0.50 oz Mt. Hood [6.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min 11.6 IBUs
0.50 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min 2.1 IBUs

1.0 pkg Ringwood Ale (Wyeast Labs #1187)

My efficiency was down a bit for some reason (69% vs 72% predicted) so I missed my OG by a bit 1.049 vs 1.054 estimated. However, I think this will actually put me closer to the 4.3% of Pig's Ear.

I took a guess at the hop schedule. I read an article somewhere (BYO maybe?) that talked about mixing Mt Hood and Cascade for bittering in Brown ales, so I figured I would give it a shot.

I'll let you know how it turns out!

 

[Samaral]

I just brewed this today:

BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Little Piggie Brown Ale
Style: American Brown Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Boil Size: 6.71 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.46 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.86 gal
Estimated OG: 1.054 SG
Estimated Color: 20.6 SRM
Estimated IBU: 24.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
------------
8 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) 81.0 %
12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) 7.1 %
8.0 oz Wheat, Torrified (1.7 SRM) 4.8 %
4.0 oz Brown Malt (65.0 SRM) 2.4 %
4.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) 2.4 %
4.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) 2.4 %

0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min 10.6 IBUs
0.50 oz Mt. Hood [6.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min 11.6 IBUs
0.50 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min 2.1 IBUs

1.0 pkg Ringwood Ale (Wyeast Labs #1187)

My efficiency was down a bit for some reason (69% vs 72% predicted) so I missed my OG by a bit 1.049 vs 1.054 estimated. However, I think this will actually put me closer to the 4.3% of Pig's Ear.

I took a guess at the hop schedule. I read an article somewhere (BYO maybe?) that talked about mixing Mt Hood and Cascade for bittering in Brown ales, so I figured I would give it a shot.

I'll let you know how it turns out!

Just wondering how the clone is going.

 

[BostonBrewinFan]

I'm planning to keg this on Tues. I'll update the post when I get my initial taste out of the fermenter.

 

[BostonBrewinFan]

The first taste was really good. The beer finished a bit lower than I expected at 1.009 (estimated 1.016). So it will likely be a bit drier than Pig's Ear. I also noticed the roasted grains really coming through on the backend, so maybe I would scale those back a tiny bit next time. I'm carbing it up now, and have 1 Pig's Ear left in my fridge to try a back to back taste test after it's fully carbed. I'll post again with how it compares.

 

[Samaral]

Thanks for the update. I'm going o be brewing in a couple of weeks. I going to give one a go. I will probably adjust the recipe on your final tasting notes.

 

[BostonBrewinFan]

It's not fully carbed, but I tried the back to back taste test anyway. I definitely went too heavy on the specialty grains. I think either the chocolate malt or the brown, but not both. In fact, I really don't taste any hint of chocolate in Pig's Ear, so I'm inclined to just stick with the brown next time. The chocolate/roast flavor of mine overpowers the bitterness/aroma from the hops. It's not bad, it just tastes more like a porter than Pig's Ear.

Overall I would say scale back the specialty grains. Remove either the chocolate or the brown Malt, and lower the crystal a bit (.5 lbs instead of .75 maybe?). Hard to tell on the hop schedule corrections. I get a stronger aroma from Pig's Ear, so maybe more late addition Mt. Hood to give it help on the nose.

I might try this next time:

8 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) 85.0 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)5.0 %
8.0 oz Wheat, Torrified (1.7 SRM)5.0 %
4.0 oz Brown Malt (65.0 SRM) 2.5 %
4.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) 2.5 %

0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min 10.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min 10.8 IBUs
0.75 oz Mt. Hood [6.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min 3.5 IBUs