Wood-Aged Beer Pirate Strong Ale

[pwortiz]

Mmlipps...I am trying to pronounce that lol.

OG can be anywhere from 1.076 to 1.084....or higher if you have awesome efficiency and you do AG. Should finish up at 1.014 ish.

Make this beer.

 

[mmlipps]

Mmlipps...I am trying to pronounce that lol.

OG can be anywhere from 1.076 to 1.084....or higher if you have awesome efficiency and you do AG. Should finish up at 1.014 ish.

Make this beer.

Ingredients are in the mail! Considering picking up the yeast from lhbs even though I ordered it as well. Then when it shows up my starters already done and I can get going


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[pwortiz]

Ingredients are in the mail! Considering picking up the yeast from lhbs even though I ordered it as well. Then when it shows up my starters already done and I can get going


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+10 on the yeast idea.

 

[Almfamily]

Been following this one for a while, and I finally got my ingredients to brew it on Wednesday - really looking forward to it!

 

[blitzgp]

I just made my first batch of semi-all grain (minus brown sugar)

I used 15# of 2 row, 1 lb of 60L crystal, and 4# of brown sugar.

I also used 2oz of falconer's flight hops, 1 at 60min and 1 at 20 min.

My batches are a little funky because I try to fudge my numbers to account for trub for my final 5 gal. This will also be my very first kegged beer.

IG of 1.097, but im not sure if that because of my number fudging or my efficiency is that bad. Additionally, I am going to try Nottingham Ale Yeast (dry) as that has worked well in the past for my strong scotch ales and the like.

Time to soak my oak chips in sailor jerry!

 

[pcbrewer]

I am going to brew this tomorrow. I have been reading about this recipe for a while now and can't wait to sample it down the road.

 

[ruger988]

Long thread so I apologize if this has already been covered... but what is your process for adding the pineapple. Do you freeze it, sanitize it (vodka or star san), boil it, puree it, etc...?

 

[pwortiz]

Goes into the boil during last 15 minutes

 

[ruger988]

Goes into the boil during last 15 minutes

Wow.... I kinda feel dumb, that was right there in the open, haha. Is it being racked to the primary as well or no? Pureed or just chopped into chunks?

 

[pwortiz]

Chunk it up. I used what amounts to medium sized triangles. I did cut them a little thin though for more flavor extraction. Oh and only boil then filter it out

 

[pcbrewer]

My brew day went great. I did notice some cinnamon but did not get any smell of the pineapple after the boil. I hope it comes though in the end

 

[pwortiz]

No worries - it will show. It's a super nice background mellow flavor and ages really well!

 

[JakeSparrow]

This recipe is awesome, after I brew my Red Rye IPA I'm totally going to brew this one. Might use some Captain Morgans Private Stock to soak the oak chips. Might split the Citra with Galaxy or Mosaic, if I decide to make any changes.

Thanks for the recipe!

 

[ruger988]

This one is in the fermenter! Soaking the chips in Kraken Rum now. This was my first TRUE all grain brew, and my 16th batch overall. I'm pretty happy with how smooth brew day went, looking forward to this one for sure!

 

[pwortiz]

Enjoy! One of my absolute favorites and one of the few I keep making because it's that good.

 

[Roughster]

The smell coming off the boil of this amazing. Wish I could bottle it up and sell it as air freshener. You could call it "Straight from the Caribbean" and it wouldn't be a lie. It smells of summer!

 

[j1laskey]

It's been a while since I brewed this


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[ruger988]

Oak is soaking in Kraken spiced rum now, are you guys throwing the rum in the secondary as well, or just the oak?

 

[blitzgp]

Most people just add the chips and reuse the rum, but I think it is just a personal preference, maybe based on the rum used. I just add the rum because I drink rum and don't want a secondary non-drinkable bottle ;p . It wont add any significant flavor or alcohol, but that is subjective as people's taste buds are different.

 

[Almfamily]

Kegged this one up yesterday - really looking forward to Thursday. I of course tried a bit of it non-carbonated and it tasted really good - stronger rum taste with less of the cinnamon and pineapple, but after reading through the thread it sounds like those come through more after a couple weeks.

 

[blitzgp]

Yeah, from what everyone else has said, vanilla is the only flavor that doesn't mellow out over time. This last batch, I omit the vanilla and look forward to it this weekend!

 

[ruger988]

Did a 5gallon batch based on this a while back. Kegged half, bottled half. Tapped the keg tonight and I love it! Its just a LITTLE on the dry side, but in a good way... this will definitely be one of my staples. Thanks for the recipe!!

 

[j1laskey]

A week in the keg and just starting to mellow all the flavors


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[ruger988]

Forgot to mention that I skipped on the vanilla. Kinda wishing I hadn't now. Definitely gonna brew again and give it a shot that way. Thanks again for the recipe.

 

[j1laskey]

I like one vanilla bean. some friends of mine want me to add 2. I think one is enough. There's a lot of flavors in the beer and my goal was to make them all subtle. This batch came in at 9.6% .....

 

[pwortiz]

may need another pic of that keezer(?) in all it's glory man!

 

[Roughster]

Umm wow. Just had my first pint of this. /WINNER!!!


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[Almfamily]

This really is a good one - brewed it up a bit ago and just tapped the 2nd keg. Great stuff!

 

[htaylor]

How does it take to carb with .5 tsp per bottle?