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This beer is awesome..... kind of mangles the style guidelines a bit, but is intended to.
(Original Gravity) O.G. = 1.087
(Final Gravity) F.G. = 1.015
(Bitterness) IBU = 45
(Color) SRM = 23
(Alcohol) APV = 9.6%
Calories per 12-oz bottle = 279
for a 5-gallon batch
11.5 pounds Pilsner Malt
2 pounds Munich Malt (7L)
1 pound White Wheat Malt
0.5 pounds Special B
0.25 pounds Carafa III
1 pound Turbinado sugar (added with 15 min. left in boil)
1.5 oz. Styrian Goldings 60-minutes
0.5 oz. Styrian Goldings 30-minutes
1 oz. Saaz 5-minutes
T-58 yeast
Single infusion mash at 148-149 for 90-minutes. (5.00 gallons strike water, or 1.312 quarts/pound)
Batch sparge twice. 2.5 gallons at 170 first sparge
2 gallons at 170 second.
90-minute boil. Bring to boil, then turn down the heat to get it just barely boiling for remainder.
Ferment in the low 60s for the first 4-days. Then in the low 70s for the remainder of fermentation.
Primary only for 5-7 weeks.
Do not over carbonate, you want no more than about a half inch of head.Never attribute to malice, that which can adequately be explained by stupidity. -
I started warning people that I gave this to ...... it's dangerous .... the wheat did it's job ..... very smooth ....
I gave a few to the guy that made the challenge .... he drank one, ... said damn that's good, poured another....... his wife walked in and said "are you OK? Your face is all red.... and you look all sweaty........ You're drunk!!!"Never attribute to malice, that which can adequately be explained by stupidity. -
ceannt said:
I started warning people that I gave this to ...... it's dangerous .... the wheat did it's job ..... very smooth ....
I gave a few to the guy that made the challenge .... he drank one, ... said damn that's good, poured another....... his wife walked in and said "are you OK? Your face is all red.... and you look all sweaty........ You're drunk!!!"
pansy -
chandlerbang said:
Oh man. This looks delicious. Actually it looks like something I should bottle.
BTW, what are you calling "room temp"?
Low 70s.....Never attribute to malice, that which can adequately be explained by stupidity. -
jlw said:ceannt said:
I started warning people that I gave this to ...... it's dangerous .... the wheat did it's job ..... very smooth ....
I gave a few to the guy that made the challenge .... he drank one, ... said damn that's good, poured another....... his wife walked in and said "are you OK? Your face is all red.... and you look all sweaty........ You're drunk!!!"
pansy
That's what I called him ......Never attribute to malice, that which can adequately be explained by stupidity.
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