Thoughts on this Sweet Baby Jesus clone

[Snicklefritz]

Here is what I am about to attempt for a Sweet Baby Jesus clone. Look good? Anything you would change?

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.34 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.24 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.25 gal
Estimated OG: 1.079 SG
Estimated Color: 43.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 45.5 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 73.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 79.6 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
13 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 76.5 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 2 8.8 %
1 lbs Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 3 5.9 %
8.0 oz Caramel Malt - 120L (Briess) (120.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.9 %
8.0 oz Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Grain 5 2.9 %
8.0 oz Midnight Wheat (425.0 SRM) Grain 6 2.9 %
1.00 oz Nugget [13.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 7 36.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Liberty [4.30 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 8 5.9 IBUs
0.50 oz Liberty [4.30 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 9 3.6 IBUs
1.0 pkg California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [35. Yeast 10 -
8.00 oz Powdered Chocolate Peanut Butter (Second Flavor 11 -
8.00 oz Powdered Peanut Butter (Secondary 7.0 da Flavor 12 -
4.00 oz Cocoa Nibs (Secondary 7.0 days) Flavor 13 -


Mash Schedule: BIAB, Full Body
Total Grain Weight: 17 lbs
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Saccharification Add 34.34 qt of water at 163.1 F 154.0 F 60 min
Mash Out Heat to 168.0 F over 7 min 168.0 F 10 min

 

[atom]

looks pretty good...i've never used the chocolate pb2 but i know you need a lot of pb2 to get the flavor...may want to replace it with regular or add another .5 lb of regular to the secondary. i've had success combining pb2 with those tiny bottles of extract (added at kegging).

 

[Snicklefritz]

I'm not sure how much peanut butter is in the chocolate PB2. I bought a pound of each. Think id be crazy to use 2lb of this stuff in a 5 gallon batch?

 

[m00ps]

no I'd go ahead and do it. I've seen people using 4 jars or more. Its hard to get the flavor locked in. I added 2 boxes of captain crunch to my mash and it helped. Maybe added a bit of fermentables too. The preservatives in that damned stuff helps it survive the boil and fermentation

 

[Snicklefritz]

Decision made... im doing it . Maybe I'll ditch the nibs with the extra chocolate pb2 going in.

 

[SnakeRidge]

A small point but you can ditch the carapils. Will not miss it with that grainbill

 

[brad2157]

Not sure if you have read this post. It says they used chocolate extract and peanut butter extract. After recently trying this beer, it's definitely packed full of flavor.