Alpha King Clone
Based on the BYO clone that was way off (from even their own numbers), I upped the specialty malts a bit and used a partial boil for 60 min.
Brewer: | bearcat | Email: | - | |||||
Beer: | Alpha King Clone | Style: | India Pale Ale | |||||
Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 65 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.067 | FG: | 1.016 | |||||
Alcohol: | 6.5% v/v (5.1% w/w) | |||||||
Grain: | 1 lb. Belgian pale 4 oz. Wheat malt 4 oz. Belgian aromatic 4 oz. American crystal 60L 4 oz. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) 4 oz. Belgian CaraMunich 4 oz. Belgian CaraVienne 2 oz. Belgian Special B |
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Steep: | mash grains in 1/2gallon 154°F water for 45min. seperate water from grains, or use a grainbag. |
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Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.111 | 3 gallons | |||||
8 lb. Light malt extract | ||||||||
1 tsp Irish moss added for last 15min. | ||||||||
Hops: | 1.5 oz. Columbus (12% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Magnum (13.5% AA, 60 min.) 2 oz. Cascade (5.5% AA, 2 min.) 1 oz. Columbus (aroma) 1 oz. Cascade (aroma) 1 oz. Centennial (aroma) |
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Yeast: | Wyeast 1056 preferrably from a starter for this high OG beer | |||||||
Log: | Haven't made this, just wanted to rework it to make it more accurate then BYOs. All aroma hops are actually dry-hops added to secondary. |
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Carbonation: | prime with 3/4 cup corn sugar |
Recipe posted 04/27/02.