Brown Cherry Buster
A dark colored ale with a lighter flavor and a rich cherry aroma and thick head.
Brewer: | BiggB | Email: | Biggerstaff@juno.com | |||||
Beer: | Brown Cherry Buster | Style: | American Brown | |||||
Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5.5 gallons | |||||
Color: |
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Bitterness: | 27 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.051 | FG: | 1.015 | |||||
Alcohol: | 4.7% v/v (3.7% w/w) | |||||||
Water: | 4 tsp Gypsum during the boil | |||||||
Grain: | 1 lb. American crystal 20L .5 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) .5 lb. Dehusked black patent |
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Steep: | Place specialty grains in 150-160°F water and steep for 20 minutes. | |||||||
Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.070 | 4 gallons | |||||
7 lb. Light malt extract | ||||||||
Hops: | 2 oz. Hallertauer (4.25% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA, 5 min.) |
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Yeast: | White Labs California Ale. Could substitute Wyeast American Ale II. |
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Log: | 3lb can of Oregon Cherry Puree added during the secondary fermentation stage. 4 oz bottle of cherry flavor(Carson) added at bottling. |
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Carbonation: | 3/4 cup corn sugar added at bottling. | |||||||
Tasting: | Next time I would add only 1/4 lb of black patent grain. I only added this for color. |
Recipe posted 02/06/00.