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Carmen's Old Ale
Nice looking old ale recipe from an old friend. Tasting notes now included. This one is a keeper - good for sipping through the winter (if I can keep some til then).
| Brewer: | Christo | Email: | - | |||||
| Beer: | Carmen's Old Ale | Style: | English Old/Strong Ale | |||||
| Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 30 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.075 | FG: | 1.018 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 7.3% v/v (5.8% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | Savannah GA tap | |||||||
| Grain: | 1 lb. American 2-row 1 lb. American crystal 40L 4 oz. British chocolate |
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| Steep: | 1 hour steep of grains in grain bag @ 155°. | |||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.125 | 3 gallons | |||||
| 8 lb. Light malt extract 1 lb. Honey 2 oz. Molasses |
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| Added irish moss at 15 minutes | ||||||||
| Hops: | 2 oz. Kent Goldings (5% AA, 60 min.) 2 oz. Fuggles (4.75% AA, 15 min.) 1 oz. Hallertauer (4.25% AA, 15 min.) 1 oz. Hallertauer (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | Wyest London Ale | |||||||
| Log: | Brewed 1/7/05. O.G. 1.068. Since was running late, did not prepare yeast starter as usual for a fairly big beer. Took 30 hours to start up but went well from there. Racked on 1/18/05. Temperatures at 68 degF. F.G. 1.018. | |||||||
| Carbonation: | 3/4 cup priming sugar and bottled 1/28/05. Leads to medium carbonation at 2 months. | |||||||
| Tasting: | At bottling had a very sweet malty, aroma with molassis coming thru. Slighly lighter color than projected. At 2 months old, it is perfect! Hops have come through to really balance out malt. Nice and chewy, medium-full bodied and mouthfeel. Great lace on the glass remains. Turned out very similar to a Rogue DeadGuy. Going to keep a few bottles around til winter time and try next to the fire. I'll definitely make this again but even bigger next time. | |||||||
Recipe posted 04/05/05.
