#62: Winter Dark Ale

Haven't had time to do AG brewing much these days, so I decided to get an extract brew or two so that I could get something in the pipeline.  I found a great coupon combined with a good sale, so I picked up the four new Mr. Beer craft extracts to play with.  Of course, right after that I won a contest on their site and have apparently scored something like 14 extracts, 18 yeasts, 13 varieties of hops, 4 (or 6... not sure) fruits, 1 booster, 7 fermenters, and 112 bottles, so I guess I'll be extract brewing for a while now.

Here's what I have planned for this one, using up some ingredients I have lying about...  I"m steeping the grains right now (haven't done a steep in about 2 years...  old school...):

EDIT:  Overfilled by a bit (me thinks the gallon container I used was bigger than a gallon), so the OG is a bit lower than anticipated.  Adjusted below.  RDWHAHB...

Winter Dark Ale

American Brown Ale

 

Type: Extract	Date: 10/7/2012
Batch Size: 2.50 gal
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU 0.66 lb Amber Dry Extract (12.5 SRM) Dry Extract 17.51 % 2.86 lb Winter Dark Ale (30.0 SRM) Extract 75.86 % 0.25 lb Carafoam (2.0 SRM) Grain 6.63 % 2.00 oz Malto-Dextrine (Boil 5.0 min) Misc 1 Pkgs Cooper Ale (Coopers #-) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Measured Original Gravity: 1.056 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.014 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.48 %
Bitterness: 50.0 IBU
Est Color: 18.0 SRM

#39: Scottish Ale

Planned this as a collaboration brew with a fellow brewer.  I proposed the Scottish Ale and the carmelizing, and he provided the oak bourbon barrel and heather tips.  Worked out pretty well.  I originally intended to leave in the secondary barrel for two months, but sampled at one month and though the oak/bourbon was pretty strong, so I decided to bottle at that point.  I don't really intend to put this into the drinking rotation until the Fall.  We'll see if I can hold to that...

Scottish Ale

Scottish Heavy 70/-

Type: Partial Mash	Date: 1/30/2011
Batch Size: 2.40 gal
Boil Size: 3.30 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU 4.00 lb Mountmellick Light LME (3.0 SRM) Extract 68.84 % 1.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 17.21 % 0.51 lb Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 8.76 % 0.21 lb Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 3.62 % 0.09 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 1.58 % 0.30 oz Nugget [13.00 %] (60 min) Hops 24.4 IBU 0.30 oz Mt. Hood [6.00 %] (20 min) Hops 6.8 IBU 0.50 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc 1.00 oz Heather Tips (Boil 30.0 min) Misc 1.00 oz Heather Tips (Secondary 7.0 days) Misc 1 Pkgs Edinburgh Ale (White Labs #WLP028) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.081 SG	Measured Original Gravity: 1.082 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.021 SG	Measured Final Gravity: 1.014 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 7.85 %	Actual Alcohol by Vol: 8.90 %
Bitterness: 31.2 IBU	Calories: 374 cal/pint
Est Color: 24.6 SRM Process: Caramelize 1/2lb light LME with 4 quarts water Mash grains for 60 min Boil, add remaining LME drop hops, heather, and whilfloc on schedule above Add carmelized wort at 5 minutes Add LME at flameout Cool, stir, pitch, stir Ferment for 7 days Transfer to  oak barrel secondary with other half of heather   Leave in secondary for two months (or to taste)

#38: International Market Ale

Had heard of people using maltose from the International Market in their beer, so when I was at the market and saw said maltose, I had to give it a go.  $6 in maltose, plus some scrap ingredients on hand made this a super cheap brew. 

Intermational Market Ale

American Pale Ale

Type: Extract	Date: 1/17/2011
Batch Size: 2.40 gal	Brewer: Swenocha
Boil Size: 3.30 gal	Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min	Equipment: Brew Pot (3 Gallon)
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU 0.42 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 10.88 % 3.00 lb International Market Malt Extract (4.0 SRM) Extract 77.72 % 0.44 lb Melanoiden Malt (20.0 SRM) Grain 11.40 % 0.15 oz Warrior [15.80 %] (55 min) Hops 18.6 IBU 0.40 oz First Gold [8.00 %] (21 min) Hops 16.0 IBU 0.20 oz First Gold [8.00 %] (7 min) Hops 3.4 IBU 0.20 oz Fuggles [4.00 %] (7 min) Hops 1.7 IBU 0.25 oz Glacier [5.60 %] (7 min) Hops 3.0 IBU
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.052 SG	Measured Original Gravity: 1.059 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG	Measured Final Gravity: 1.024 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.99 %	Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.57 %
Bitterness: 42.8 IBU	Calories: 271 cal/pint
Est Color:  6.8 SRM Super clear and pretty darn tasty...

#35: Beta Prince Pale Ale 2

Alpha King is my favorite beer available in these here United States. I tried a clone very early (March?) that was tasty, but wasn't near enough to the real thing. Kinda butterscotch-y, if memory serves.

Well, I've learned a lot in the last 11 months, and it's time for another go. I basically took the BYO grain bill and Don Osborn's hop schedule (because it matched more closely to what is in Alpha King).   More complex from a recipe standpoint than the previous incarnation, where I pretty much focused on the hops and with with a base grain bill.


This one came out great.  Almost spot-on.


Beta Prince (take 2)
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Brewer: Swenocha
Style: American Pale Ale
Batch: 2.40 gal Extract with grains

Characteristics
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Recipe Gravity: 1.068 OG
Recipe Bitterness: 67 IBU
Recipe Color: 13° SRM
Estimated FG: 1.017
Alcohol by Volume: 6.5%
Alcohol by Weight: 5.1%

Ingredients
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CaraMunich 0.06 lb, Grain, Steeped
CaraPils 0.06 lb, Grain, Steeped
Crystal 60L 0.06 lb, Grain, Steeped
Light LME 4.00 lb, Extract, Extract
Melanoidin 0.06 lb, Grain, Steeped
Pale Malt (Belgian) 0.50 lb, Grain, Steeped
Special "B" (Belgian) 0.06 lb, Grain, Steeped

Cascade 1.00 oz, Pellet, 60 minutes
Warrior 0.33 oz, Pellet, 30 minutes
Centennial 0.50 oz, Pellet, 5 minutes
Centennial 0.50 oz, Pellet, 0 minutes

S-33 yeast 1.00 unit, Yeast

#34: Black Eye Mock

I took a Shiner Bock clone from BYO and ran it as a 'mock-bock' ale with Nottingham. From what I've read, I should bump the hops a bit higher than I would as a lager but otherwise run the same recipe, so I bumped the IBU from 17 to 21 (not a significant change, but...). 


Black Eye Mock
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Brewer: swenocha
Style: Traditional Bock
Batch: 5.00 galExtract

Characteristics
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Recipe Gravity: 1.045 OG
Recipe Bitterness: 21 IBU
Recipe Color: 12° SRM
Estimated FG: 1.011
Alcohol by Volume: 4.3%
Alcohol by Weight: 3.4%

Ingredients
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Light LME 3.30 lb, Extract, Extract
Corn Syrup 1.90 lb, Sugar, Other
Crystal 60L 0.66 lb, Grain, Steeped
Munich (US) 1.00 lb, Grain, Steeped
Roasted Barley 0.05 lb, Grain, Steeped
Six-row (US) 0.25 lb, Grain, Steeped

Brewers Gold 0.75 oz, Pellet, 60 minutes

Nottingham yeast 1.00 unit, Yeast


Result was unbelievably similar clone of Shiner.  Good reviews all around...