SUDS Recipe Report Page: 1
03/23/2000 17:06:03 Alan Johnson's Christmas Cheer IV
Category : Specialty Beer
Method : Full Mash
Starting Gravity : 1.064
Ending Gravity : 1.016
Alcohol content : 6.2%
Recipe Makes : 5.0 gallons
Total Grain : 13.50 lbs.
Color (srm) : 35.9
Efficiency : 70%
Hop IBUs : 30.8
Malts/Sugars:
0.50 lb. Caramel Pils
0.25 lb. Chocolate
0.75 lb. Crystal 80L
1.00 lb. Flaked Barley
1.00 lb. Munich Light
10.00 lb. Pale Ale
Hops:
1.00 oz. Northern Brewer 11.0% 60 min
0.50 oz. Cascade 5.9% 5 min
0.50 oz. Cascade 5.9% 0 min
Boil temperature of water: 212F
Grain Starting Temperature: 75F
Desired Grain/Water Ratio: 1 quarts/pound
Strike Water: 3.38 gallons of water at 169F
First Mash Temperature: 151F
Notes:
1 tsp. Cardamon
1/2 tsp. Whole Cloves
2 tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. Allspice
1/2 tsp. Nutmeg
1 oz. Ginger
Zest of four oranges
1 tsp. Gypsum im mash
1 tsp. Epsom Salts in mash
1 tsp. Lactic acid in sparge.
1 tsp. Irish Moss
3/4 cup corn sugar for priming.
Chimay yeast
Add all spices and irish moss last 15 minutes of boil.
Sparge with 5 gallons water at 170 F.
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Date Started : 07/25/1999
Date Bottled : 08/15/1999
Starting Gravity : 1.063
Ending Gravity : 1.010
Alcohol content : 6.8%
Hop IBUs : 50.30
three days in primary
racked to secondary 1 1/2 weeks at 65 F.
1 week at 60 F.
Excessive carbonation. Cut priming suger back to 1/2 cup next time.
Outstanding beer. Took 1st place in catagory at Shamrock Open 2000 and
1st place in best of show.
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