Century Ale
100th AG Batch. 1.100 OG. 100 IBUs. 10 grains. 10 hop additions. Opened on October 10, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.
Brewer: | ChriSto | Email: | - | |||||
Beer: | Century Ale | Style: | Barley Wine | |||||
Type: | All grain | Size: | 3.5 gallons | |||||
Color: |
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Bitterness: | 100 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.100 | FG: | 1.013 | |||||
Alcohol: | 11.2% v/v (8.8% w/w) | |||||||
Grain: | 5 lb. American 2-row 1 lb. Wheat malt 1 lb. American Vienna 1 lb. American Munich 6.0 oz. British mild 6.0 oz. Belgian biscuit 4.0 oz. British Carastan 4.0 oz. British crystal 50-60L 1 lb. British pale 1 lb. German Pilsner |
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Mash: | 76% efficiency | |||||||
150F for 90 min. | ||||||||
Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.075 | 4.7 gallons | |||||
6 oz. Cane sugar 6 oz. Light dry malt extract |
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IM at 15 Half of each aroma hop added at flameout. The other half dry-hopped. |
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Hops: | 0.25 oz. Magnum (13.6% AA, 60 min.) 0.5 oz. Cluster (7.3% AA, 60 min.) 0.5 oz. Magnum (13.6% AA, 45 min.) 0.5 oz. Cluster (7.3% AA, 45 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 13 min.) 1 oz. Amarillo (9.4% AA, 13 min.) 1.5 oz. Cascade (aroma) 1.5 oz. Amarillo (aroma) |
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Yeast: | US-05 | |||||||
Log: | 21 days @ 68F primary. 9 month secondary. Dry hops added last 2 weeks. 6 weeks bottle conditioning til 10/10/10. | |||||||
Carbonation: | Medium low carbonation. | |||||||
Tasting: | As mentioned, this was a special batch as it was my 100th all-grain. Beautiful color and has quite the alcoholic kick but is quite smooth after extended aging. Approximately balanced in malt/hops with a nice hop flavor in early tasting at 10/10/10. The malt character is, as was thinking, a bit "muddy" from the various malts used but definitely has some complexity. Overall a nice big beer that I plan to pop a bottle on 11/11/11 and 12/12/12 as well. |
Recipe posted 10/14/10.