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Black Dog Amber
| Brewer: | Joe | Email: | jescholler@uwalumni.com | |||||
| Beer: | Black Dog Amber | Style: | American Amber Ale | |||||
| Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5.5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 26 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.053 | FG: | 1.014 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 5.1% v/v (4.0% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | Steeping water: Mix 1 gallon tap water with 1 gallon of distilled water because of high residual alkalinity. Add 1/4 tsp. sodium chloride. Use all tap water following steep as residual alkalinity doesn't matter for extract brews. |
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| Grain: | 1 lb. 0 oz. American crystal 60L 0 lb. 2 oz. American crystal 120L |
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| Steep: | Steep grains in treated water at 155°F for 45 minutes. Tea bag a few times and let grain bag drip until it stops. | |||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.062 | 4.75 gallons | |||||
| 6 lb. 0 oz. Northwestern Gold dry malt extract | ||||||||
| Add a Whirlfloc tablet with 10 minutes remaining in the boil. Note only 5.75lbs of extract is boiled. The other 0.25lbs is contributed by the starter. Aroma hops added at flameout. |
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| Hops: | 33g Cascade (5.4% AA, 60 min.) 28.4g Cascade (5.5% AA, 15 min.) 24g Cascade (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | Yeast starter made ~24 hours prior to brew Wyeast 1056 American Ale Activator Activated package 3 hours prior to making starter 4oz. gold dry malt extract boiled with 7 1/4 cups water (~4.75 cups after boil and cool) Cooled to 70°F and placed in a 1 gallon pickle jar Pitched yeast, covered with foil Kept at room temperature (~67°F) swirling occasionally |
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| Log: | Primary fermentation 11 days at ~67°F in plastic bucket SG after primary 1.015 adjusted for temperature Secondary fermentation 17 days at ~67°F in 5 gallon Better Bottle |
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| Carbonation: | 2.5 volumes | Corn Sugar: 125g for 5 gallons @ 68°F | ||||||
| Carbonation volume calculations: Estimated volume in secondary: 5.125 gallons (a quart below max) Predicted trub left in secondary: 0.225 gallons Predicted priming syrup: 0.1 gallons (2 cups minus boil off) Predicted beer bottled: 5.125 - 0.225 + 0.1 = 5 gallons 51 bottles |
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| Tasting: | Racking to secondary: Perfect! Bottling: Perfect! Tasted after in the bottle for about 4 weeks and fridge for about 2 weeks. This is a pretty good beer. There is a bitterness that is slightly unpleasant about 2 seconds after I swallow. Not sure what that's from. |
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Recipe posted 07/09/09.
