Ingredients:
- 7 lb Amber dry malt extract
- 1 lb Munich malt
- 0.6 lb Caramel 80°L malt
- 0.5 lb Carapils malt
- 1 oz Centennial hops, 9.3% a.a (60 min)
- 0.5 tsp Irish Moss (10 min)
- 1 tsp Yeast Nutrient (10 min)
- 1 oz Cascade hops, 6.5% a.a. (5 min)
- 1 oz Cascade hops, 6.5% a.a. (dry Hop)
- (2) Safale S-04 yeast
- Other yeast options: Imperial House, Wyeast British Ale 1098(2), White Labs WLP007 Whitbread (2), LalBrew® Nottingham English Ale Yeast, or Mangrove Jack’s M42.
- 4 oz corn sugar for priming
Specifications:
Yield: 5 gallons
Original Gravity: 1.061
Final Gravity: 1.015
ABV: 6%
IBU: 33
SRM: 12-13
Directions:
Steep the grains at 160°F for 30 minutes. Stir in the extract and bring to a boil.
Boil for 90 minutes with the above hop additions to acquire 5.5 gallons to the fermenter.
Ferment at 63-64°F for 3-5 days, then allow the fermentation temperature to rise naturally to 68°F. Rack to secondary (if desired) after the first week for another 10-14 days. Bottle using the 4oz of corn sugar for priming, or keg.
Fall/Thanksgiving Beer Option:
This beer can easily be made into a delicious Fall/Seasonal beer by replacing the Cascade dry hop with a teaspoon of Jamaican Allspice at flame out. That is all it takes. Remember a little Allspice goes a long way!
All-Grain Ingredient Substitutions
- Use the following in place of the malt ingredients listed above.
- 10.75 lb Maris Otter malt
- 1 lb Munich malt
- 1 lb Caramel 80°L malt
- 0.5 lb Carapils malt
- Mash @ 155° for 60 minutes. Sparge with 168° water to obtain 7 gallons pre-boil volume. Follow the directions from recipe above, starting from the boil.
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