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Charlie Castle
This is something of a Newcastle Clone (I hope) which I borrowed from this website and made some slight alterations to.
| Brewer: | C. Mullin | Email: | mtnittanylion@hotmail.com | |||||
| Beer: | Charlie Castle | Style: | English Brown | |||||
| Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5.5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 28 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.057 | FG: | 1.010 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 6.1% v/v (4.8% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | All filtered tap water. 1/2 teaspoon gypsum added at start of boil. | |||||||
| Grain: | 8 oz. British crystal 50-60L 4 oz. British chocolate |
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| Steep: | Steeped for 30 minutes in 160° - 170°. Sparged with 1 gallon of similar temp waer. | |||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.052 | 6 gallons | |||||
| 7 lb. Light malt extract 1 lb. Brown sugar |
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| Whirlfloc tablet (irish moss) added with 15 minutes remaining. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1.5 oz. Fuggles (4.75% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Fuggles (4.75% AA, 15 min.) |
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| Yeast: | White Labs Liquid California Ale yeast. Made 1 quart starter Wednesday night for Saturday brew. | |||||||
| Log: | Fermentation took off within 8 hours at 72°. | |||||||
| Carbonation: | 3/4 cup corn sugar for bottling. | |||||||
| Tasting: | Very hoppy at end of boil, but very good taste. With some mellowing, this should be really good. Feel free to substitute more brown sugar for extract and use less britich chocolate, as that will make this a little more mild. Nice mild taste at bottling | |||||||
Recipe posted 04/10/06.
