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Beginners Luck
A great beer to warm the soul. A little sweet but with age mellows out nicely. Be patient and let it sit the bottle for a month.
| Brewer: | Josh | Email: | jrexpaver@hotmail.com | |||||
| Beer: | Beginners Luck | Style: | English Old/Strong Ale | |||||
| Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 4.5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 39 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.081 | FG: | 1.018 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 8.2% v/v (6.4% w/w) | |||||||
| Grain: | .5 lb. American crystal 60L | |||||||
| Steep: | Steep'm in a bag till 170 | |||||||
| Boil: | 65 minutes | SG 1.104 | 3.5 gallons | |||||
| 7 lb. Amber malt extract 8 oz. Brown sugar 1 lb. Belgian candi sugar 7 oz. Maple syrup 8 oz. Molasses |
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| 1 teaspoon irish moss at 20min | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1 oz. Northern Brewer (8.5% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Cluster (7% AA, 30 min.) 1 oz. Kent Goldings (5% AA, 15 min.) |
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| Yeast: | slap pack american ale yeast | |||||||
| Log: | add maple syrup 2-3 days into fermentation | |||||||
| Carbonation: | 5oz priming sugar | |||||||
| Tasting: | My first go around I used less hops and more maple. 3 weeks of bottle conditioning and the sweetness mellowed out. This go around I added more malt, more hops, less maple. I will bottle in 3-4 days so we'll see. I feel good about the changes and can't wait. | |||||||
Recipe posted 03/01/09.
