2nd beer in a 12 beer run for Skirmish in the Triad and another new beer style for me – American Strong. It’s new for BJCP2015. From what I can gather it is basically an Imperial Red Ale so I looked at clone recipes for the Commerical Examples and settled on something along the lines of Nosferatu. I like Arrogant Bastard but I prefer Nosferatu. Sorry Stone. 2 row with about 10% crystal malts seemed about right. I’m a huge fan of Simpsons malts but especially their crystal malts so I decided to blend their Medium and Dark Crystal malts. I also had a bunch of C-hops laying around so I decided to make it a big C-hop bomb.
Recipe Info
Recipe: American strong ebiab 1
Style: American Strong Ale 22B BJCP 2015
Date: 07-27-2016
|
Recipe |
Guideline Min |
Guideline Max |
|
|
OG |
1.080 |
1.062 |
1.090 |
|
FG |
1.016 |
1.014 |
1.024 |
|
Color |
14.0 |
7.0 |
19.0 |
|
ABV |
8.4 |
6.3 |
10.0 |
|
IBU |
92.0 |
50.0 |
100.0 |
Brewery Info
Efficiency: 70 %
Attenuation: 80 %
Mash Info
Weight: 20.0 Lbs
Thickness: 1.5 Qt per Lb
Deadspace: 2.0 G
Strikewater: 9.5 G
Volume: 11.1 G
Temp: 150.0 F
Boil Info
Kettle Gravity: 1.067
Predicted Mash Run-off: 7.7 G
Target Starting Boil Volume: 7.75 G
Boil Duration: 60 min
Evaporation Rate: 1.25 G per Hour
Final Boil Volume: 6.5 G
Fermentables
|
Weight |
% by Weight |
Name |
Yield |
SRM |
|
18.000 Lb |
90.0 % |
2-row American Malt (Rahr) |
81.3 |
1.8 |
|
1.000 Lb |
5.0 % |
Crystal, Dark (Simpsons) |
76.0 |
80.0 |
|
1.000 Lb |
5.0 % |
Crystal, Medium (Simpsons) |
76.0 |
55.0 |
Hops
|
Weight |
Name |
AAU |
Time |
Use |
IBUs |
|
1.0 Oz |
Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus (CTZ) |
15.5 |
60 mins |
Boil |
39.0 |
|
1.0 Oz |
Cascade |
6.2 |
15 mins |
Boil |
8.0 |
|
1.0 Oz |
Centennial |
10.0 |
15 mins |
Boil |
12.0 |
|
1.0 Oz |
Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus (CTZ) |
15.5 |
20 mins |
Aroma |
12.0 |
|
1.0 Oz |
Centennial |
10.0 |
20 mins |
Aroma |
8.0 |
|
1.0 Oz |
Chinook, New Zealand |
12.1 |
20 mins |
Aroma |
9.0 |
|
1.0 Oz |
Cascade |
6.2 |
20 mins |
Aroma |
5.0 |
|
1.0 Oz |
Chinook, New Zealand |
12.1 |
7.0 days |
Dry Hop |
0.0 |
|
1.0 Oz |
Cascade |
6.2 |
7.0 days |
Dry Hop |
0.0 |
|
1.0 Oz |
Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus (CTZ) |
15.5 |
7.0 days |
Dry Hop |
0.0 |
|
1.0 Oz |
Centennial |
10.0 |
7.0 days |
Dry Hop |
0.0 |
Yeast
|
Amount |
Name |
|
1.000 unit |
California Ale White Labs WLP001 |
Misc
|
Amount |
Name |
Time |
Use |
|
1.000 tablet |
Whirlfloc Tablet |
15 mins |
Boil |
|
0.500 tsp |
Yeast Nutrient (Wyeast) |
10 mins |
Boil |
Water
Predicted Mash Ph: 5.45
|
Ca |
Mg |
Na |
Cl |
So |
Bicarbonate |
|
|
Water |
7 |
3 |
21 |
11 |
24 |
46 |
|
Mash |
94 |
3 |
21 |
11 |
179 |
46 |
|
Sparge |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Final |
138 |
4 |
31 |
16 |
262 |
68 |
|
Target |
75 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Mash Water
Total Water Treated: 9.500 G
Percent RO / Distlled: 0 %
Water Used: 9.500 G
Mash Water Adjustments
Gypsum: 10.0 g
Calcium Chloride: 3.0 g
Lactic Acid: 2.0 ml @ 88.000 %
7/30/16 2L STarter of 001 w/ 200g DME
8/1/16 normal brew day. @ end noticed a nickel sized scorch on element but not bad and didn’t taste any issues with the wort. for some reason gravity off by .010. i think northern brewer stiffed me on the grain. doesn’t matter for this style. still within range.
pitched @ noon. bubbling @ 3pm. @9pm it was ripping along with 1″ kreusen.
8/7/16 ~8 sec and kreusen dropped
8/10/16 no bubbling
8/12/16 ~ 30 sec
8/13/16 racked to secondary. put dry hops in fermenter first, purged with co2 and then racked beer over.
FG 1.012
really nice. clean. a hair boozy. big complex caramel malts with toasty edge. BIG C hop character.
8/18/16 racked to keg to gelatin
FG 1.010 pH 4.54
8/19/16 added gelatin
8/22/16 bottled. ~2.9 gallons 62g of table sugar to target 2.5Volumes. was quite clear and tasted good.
9/8/16 carb is now good. a really nice beer.
9/21/16 side by side with arrogant bastard (it is hard for me to get nosferatu)
aroma: ab: nice malt character -> caramel, bready. c-hop aroma. clean
me: similar malt character. hops pop a bit more but similar in quality.
appearance: very similar. AB is a tinge darker but very close. AB has a bigger head. both have good clarity.
flavor: AB has a bit of a harsh malt character. caramel. solid bitterness. citrus + floral character.
me: solid malt with a similar character but not as harsh. bitterness and hop flavor is similar.
mouthfeel: very similar. med body and carb. dry. maybe mine is a hair thinner.
OI: AB is a bit harsher both malt and hop bitterness. better head and a bit fuller.
all in all these two are pretty darn similar but mine is less harsh and i think the malt comes across better. very happy with this beer.
i entered it in a few competitions. it did not do great but not terrible. here are sheets from the skirmish in the triad.
