Rogue Ale's Morimoto Soba Ale

[Islandboy85]

Ok, Rogue makes this easy for me to identify their ingredients because they post them on the back of the bottle, give the IBU, color, and alcohol content. I'd love to make this bear, but was wondering if anyone knew what roasted soba is? Also, Harrington, c-15, and Metcalf are ingredients I am unfamiliar with.

Does anyone know of a clone recipe for this beer? By the way, if you get the chance try some. It's delicious. I'm not sure exactly what style of beer it is, but it's great.

 

[MonkeyWrench]

IIRC it's roasted buckwheat.

 

[Islandboy85]

Hmmm...I'll have to see where I can get some of that.

 

[T-West]

This is super late, but if anyone is still interested, they sell it in kit form:

http://www.homebrewers.com/product/...tm_medium=CPC&utm_content=&utm_campaign=10675

 

[Islandboy85]

This is super late, but if anyone is still interested, they sell it in kit form:

http://www.homebrewers.com/product/...tm_medium=CPC&utm_content=&utm_campaign=10675

thanks for the link. I may have to look into that some time after I free up some bottles.

 

[T-West]

Mine is arriving this week. I'll follow up with the results.

 

[Islandboy85]

Mine is arriving this week. I'll follow up with the results.

Did you brew yet? I'm excited to hear your results!!!

 

[T-West]

UPS says "out for delivery." Hopefully this weekend!

 

[Islandboy85]

UPS says "out for delivery." Hopefully this weekend!

Sweet!

 

[jbrookeiv]

Make sure to post what comes in the kit, I'm interested to see what ingredients they use.

 

[T-West]

So they made it as an extract kit with specialty grains. Here's what we have:

WYeast American Ale
OG/ FG: 1.048/ 1.016 (soba has lots of unfermentables)
IBU: 30
12 SRM
5 Gal batch

3lbs Amber DME
1.5lbs Gold DME

Specialty:
.5lbs Pale 2-Row
.5lbs Munich
.5lbs Crystal 15L
1lb Buckwheat

1oz Crystal (60 min)
1oz Crystal (15 min)
no aromatic

I'll probably get this going on Saturday. I have an open primary, and with a no mash deal, it should be fairly straight forward. I'll keep you updated!

P.S. they are recommending a 10 min steep, any thought on this? Seems short to me but I have no idea what the buckwheat will do...

 

[Stout-n-Braggot]

10 minutes seems way too short.

 

[T-West]

So I brewed this on Saturday. Beautiful aroma, soba is delicious! I hit the projected OG on the head, reading 1.048. My airlock has stopped and from pure curiosity, I took a gravity reading; it's beyond done. Was aiming for 1.016, at 1.013 so far. It's a beautiful amber color and the soba is really making itself known (not in a bad way). Can't wait for this to condition a bit!

Ended up steeping at 155 for about 30mins.

 

[T-West]

Bottled almost for two weeks now, cracked one open tonight. YUM!

 

[mattymatumbo]

Just brewed this today, nothing seemed special about the smells, the grains tasted great after sparging though. Going to enter it into a home brew contest for the local soccer team. I used the Wyeast north eastern yeast. What have you guys used?

Results?

 

[medusa1066]

Results on this recipe? I just had this for the first time over the weekend and want to brew it up!!

 

[T-West]

I thought it was fairly successful. I felt the commercial brew was a little light for my taste, hence the longer steep. The brew was such a hit last year, I just brewed it again. This time I used WYeast 1272 for a cleaner, brighter beer. I also split it into two, 3 gallon carboys. One I did normally and too the other, I added a pile of lychee. I've had a bottle of each and both were really nice, can't wait for them to loose their green.

 

[Superchunk77]

How long did this take to ferment? I heard it takes longer than most traditional ales due to the buckwheat.