Raging Bitch Clone

[Firebat138]

We are doing a Raging Beaaatch this weekend, got a solid recipe, but those of you who have brewed this beer, is there anything you would do different. Some of the numbers in brewsmith look a little different than the actual beer, but not worried about that... Thanx for any advice you can offer.

Grain Bill
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15.50 lb British Pale (Maris Otter)
2.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) UK
1.50 lb Crystal 40L
1.00 lb Cara-Pils
Hops Schedule
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1.00 oz Warrior [17.20 %] @60 min
0.50 oz Amarillo [7.20 %] @30 min
0.50 oz Columbus [14.40 %] @30 min
1.10 oz Columbus [14.40 %] @15 min
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [7.20 %] @15 min
0.60 oz Columbus [14.40 %] @1 min
0.60 oz Amarillo [7.20 %] @1 min
2.00 oz Amarillo [7.20 %] Dry Hop for 11 days
Yeast
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Belgian Ardennes (Wyeast Labs #3522)
- 2L starter (2010.09.02)

 

[Bmorebrew]

That looks very similar to something I did in May, and I was very pleased with. Mine wasn't as much of a hop punch in the face like RB, but I used less hops than you and it was good nonetheless. The malt bill is nearly exactly what I did, but I used German pils malt instead of UK (its what I had) and I didn't use any Carapils. In retrospect it didn't need it, there was plenty of body left and it had good head retention.

 

[Firebat138]

Great.. ow we bought several bags of 2 row and we still have some left.... What would be the difference in the brew using the brewers Malt 2 row vs Marris otter?

 

[Sheldon]

how about some info:

Mast temp
Total boil time
SRM
IBU
OG
FG

Also, dry hop for 11 days, that is a bit long, as I have been told more than 7 days tends to give beer a grassy tang.

 

[Firebat138]

Batch Size: 6 gallons
Boil Time: 90 min
Expected IBU: 102
Expected SRM: 11
Measured OG = 1.082
Brewhouse Efficiency = 75%
FG = 1.018
ABV = 8.4%


- Mash in with 25qt water at 170F
- Mash temp after adding grains was 150F
- 1 hour mash, then added 2gal near-boiling water to bring temp up to 165F
- 10 min rest, then recirculate & collect roughly 5.5gal wort
- Added 1.5gal near-boiling water, recirculate, collect

and we have always hopped for at least two weeks, but I am willing to change it up... always more to learn

 

[Sheldon]

kewl, gracias, like that belgium taste

 

[dlaramie08]

I would go off of your experience. If you've dry hopped for two weeks and it tasted great then why does it matter what somebody told someone else.

 

[psbuckland]

You prob need 2.3 oz of Amarillo dry hop to get the ratio FD uses for a 5 gal batch. S-

 

[MDVDuber]

In for tasting notes when this is done!

 

[Sheldon]

any update, I think I may try to brew sometime soon.

thanks

 

[D_Ranged_Eskimo]

What's the verdict? Flying Dog's Raging Biotch was great!

 

[Firebat138]

well, we did another recipe that weekend, but finally did this one around the first of the month... I may have a pic here something...

 

[Firebat138]

finally dry hopped this on thur. will keg this weekend and come back with a verdict

 

[digitalhifi]

Just out of curiosity, why the 2 lbs of 2 row? Was it just laying around or were you trying to save the couple bux by not using MO? It doesn't seem like you would be able to taste it in the end.

 

[psbuckland]

This recipe is dead on! This will def be on my quarterly brew list! Thanks for the work!

S-

 

[MDVDuber]

This recipe is dead on! This will def be on my quarterly brew list! Thanks for the work!

S-

So you've brewed it and think its a good clone?

 

[carp]

how about some info:

Mast temp
Total boil time
SRM
IBU
OG
FG

Also, dry hop for 11 days, that is a bit long, as I have been told more than 7 days tends to give beer a grassy tang.

I leave hops in the keg (Amarillo, Centennial, Citra, things like that) for up to 2 months and have never detected any grassy tang.

 

[psbuckland]

Yeah. I think the key is in the yeast. I for a growler of RB from the brewery on Thursday(only 3 miles away. And it was difficult to tell the difference. I upped the dry hop on the Amarillo just a bit is all I did differently.

S-

 

[Firebat138]

yup... this was fantastic... the real thing was a little more maltier, but we are doing a triple batch of this next time around

 

[PleasantValleyHops]

This was the beer that got me into brewing. First beer i did was the rb clone. Also living about 5 miles away. I believe next foam club meeting is at flying dog. Have to try this recipe out.

 

[evrk]

Trying to decide between this recipe which people seem to think gets good results and this one: http://hopville.com/recipe/1239281 which is supposed to be from flying dog
Anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

[psbuckland]

After working on this one a few times now...use The grain bill from the hopville site and the hops schedule/yeast from here.

S-

 

[evrk]

Cool, will do I'll post back in a bit to let you know how it went.

After working on this one a few times now...use The grain bill from the hopville site and the hops schedule/yeast from here.

S-

 

[evrk]

I made this clone but ended up with a little over 5 gallons rather than 6.

OG reads at 1.1 (yipes) so I'm wondering if I should water down the fermenter so they yeast can manage the sugar load without going over the alcohol limit.
(I'd still like to bottle condition.. haha)

Does this sound like an ok thing to do? I didn't realize so much would boil off - I lost probably over two gallons but it's a pretty wide pot so that could be why.

ANyone have ideas?

 

[codfishh]

Is this different from the cybi recipe, I thought they used a Belgian wit yeast in it?

 

[evrk]

Yeah, they use a different yeast, grain and hops in that. I ended up using the Belgian and the hop schedule listed here and the grains from that recipe
Anyone have any ideas about the high OG issue i'm having? (two posts up)

Is this different from the cybi recipe, I thought they used a Belgian wit yeast in it?

 

[MDVDuber]

Yeah you can dilute with water. Think about partial boil extract folks, that is part of their process - boil 3 gallons down to 2.5 and top off the fermenter with clean water. You might consider boiling it first so that it's sterile - but back in my partial boil days I used straight tap water and never had any infection issues.

 

[ddockery]

Interestingly enough Flying Dog is releasing a homebrew kit for this in March, but you have to buy in person. They are not shipping so that's a no go for me. Would be interesting to see what they put together and compare it to these.

 

[exhorns]

Any variation for Partial Mash. Raging is great but can't go FB. Thanks.

 

[PleasantValleyHops]

Interestingly enough Flying Dog is releasing a homebrew kit for this in March, but you have to buy in person. They are not shipping so that's a no go for me. Would be interesting to see what they put together and compare it to these.

It's pretty awesome. I picked up the feb kit which was the el dorado clone kit. Comes with everything u need. Have that in primary now. I'll prob pick up the ragin kit next week and get it brewed and. I plan to harvest yeast for future brews. Ill keep everyone updated