brownrice
Well-Known Member
This is part of my Wolverine series, which started with a cheap deal on Irish Red all-grain kits. Hence the recurrent theme of red and similar adjunct grains. I really want the red color to shine through; unfortunately, most of my beers have been muddy brown, even with Irish moss. I'm thinking of using gelatin for the first time, in the secondary right before bottling.
I'm also pretty psyched to see how the Polaris (2012 harvest) hops turn out. Supposedly they're a good sub for Northern Brewer, but with a more pronounced mintiness. (A lot of reviews say it's really gross)
BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Sabretooth Steam Ale
Brewer: scamp and the squirrel
Asst Brewer:
Style: California Common Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 6.52 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.98 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.60 gal
Estimated OG: 1.050 SG
Estimated Color: 10.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 36.0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 82.8 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
9 lbs Pale Malt (6 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 90.0 %
12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.5 %
2.0 oz CaraAroma (130.0 SRM) Grain 3 1.3 %
2.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 4 1.3 %
0.33 oz Polaris [21.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 24.1 IBUs
0.33 oz Polaris [21.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 6 11.9 IBUs
0.33 oz Polaris [21.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 7 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg California Lager (Wyeast Labs #2112) [12 Yeast 8 -
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I'm also planning to partigyle this beer from the second runnings of my Juggernaught Strong Belgian/Barleywine. I have no idea what the gravity will be.
The first mash has the same adjunct malts, but I'm going to add the same amount of cara40, caraaroma, and roasted barley to the second mash to make sure there's enough flavor. So essentially all the above values will be doubled. Have I made this confusing enough?
On that note, should I shoot for a SMaSH beer? It goes well with the theme...
To answer the question you haven't asked, these adjunct grains came pre-mixed with each 9-lb sack of 2 row. I'm certainly not too invested in 'em, but I can't adjust the amounts. I'm just relieved that they kept the 2-row separate!
Let me know what ya think!
-Brownrice
I'm also pretty psyched to see how the Polaris (2012 harvest) hops turn out. Supposedly they're a good sub for Northern Brewer, but with a more pronounced mintiness. (A lot of reviews say it's really gross)
BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Sabretooth Steam Ale
Brewer: scamp and the squirrel
Asst Brewer:
Style: California Common Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)
Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Boil Size: 6.52 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.98 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.60 gal
Estimated OG: 1.050 SG
Estimated Color: 10.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 36.0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 82.8 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
------------
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
9 lbs Pale Malt (6 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 90.0 %
12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.5 %
2.0 oz CaraAroma (130.0 SRM) Grain 3 1.3 %
2.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 4 1.3 %
0.33 oz Polaris [21.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 24.1 IBUs
0.33 oz Polaris [21.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 6 11.9 IBUs
0.33 oz Polaris [21.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 7 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg California Lager (Wyeast Labs #2112) [12 Yeast 8 -
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I'm also planning to partigyle this beer from the second runnings of my Juggernaught Strong Belgian/Barleywine. I have no idea what the gravity will be.
The first mash has the same adjunct malts, but I'm going to add the same amount of cara40, caraaroma, and roasted barley to the second mash to make sure there's enough flavor. So essentially all the above values will be doubled. Have I made this confusing enough?
On that note, should I shoot for a SMaSH beer? It goes well with the theme...
To answer the question you haven't asked, these adjunct grains came pre-mixed with each 9-lb sack of 2 row. I'm certainly not too invested in 'em, but I can't adjust the amounts. I'm just relieved that they kept the 2-row separate!
Let me know what ya think!
-Brownrice
