- Named after our dog Buddy.
10-Oct-2004
Recipe (for 5 gallons final volume)
7.0 | pounds | (78%) | Crisp Maris Otter Pale Malt |
1.0 | pound | (11%) | American Munich 10L |
1.0 | pound | (11%) | American Munich 30L |
1.0 | ounces | U.S. Willamette whole hops, 4.5% AA (first wort hop) | |
1.1 | ounces | U.S. Cascade whole hops, 5.8% AA (60 minutes) | |
1.0 | ounces | U.S. Cascade whole hops, 5.8% AA (1 minute) | |
0.25 | teaspoon | Irish Moss (15 minutes) | |
- White Labs WLP022 Essex Ale Yeast, pitched at 68°F
- Starter: 3 quart starter built up from a slant (20 ml -> 300 ml -> 3 quarts), cooled, decanted, warmed
- Aeration: Drill aerator for two minutes after pitching, again three hours later
Water
- Fairbanks city water
- 36.5 quarts water treated with:
- 1 Campden tablet.
- 13.5 quarts mash water treated with:
- 4.0 grams Gypsum.
- 1.1 ml 88% Lactic Acid.
Mash
- 13.5 quarts water @ 157°F, grist ratio of 1.5 quarts:pound @ 148°F (Held 90 minutes)
Sparge
- 23.0 quarts water @ 181°F, drain
Boil
- Boiled 8.0 gallons for 85 minutes to yield 5.5 gallons wort
Fermentation
- Primary: bucket, 7 days, 65°F, temperature from 63 - 66 degrees, 1.013 at transfer to secondary
- Secondary: glass, 7 days, 64°F
Packaging
- Kegged at 8 psi, 50°F (1.8 volumes CO2)
- Conditioned for 8 weeks
- Ready to drink on 18-Dec-2004
Properties
Starting Gravity: 1.044 | Final Gravity: 1.011 |
Original Extract: 11.0°plato | Apparent Extract: 2.81°plato |
Real Extract: 4.35°plato | |
Alcohol: 4.3% by volume | (3.4% by weight) |
Apparent Attenuation: 74.3% | Mash Efficiency: 73% |
Bitterness: 30 IBU | Color: 8 SRM |
BU:SG: 0.68 | BV: 1.41 |
Tasting Notes
- 28-Nov-04 (7 weeks) -- Nice and clear, great copper color. Light, and easy to drink, but hop bitterness has a bit of strange bite to it that I can't put my finger on. Maybe the secondary fermentation was too short and there's still stuff in suspension. It probably needs to age another month.
- 23-Jan-05 (15 weeks) -- Almost gone. Still have a soapy aftertaste that I think is due to the Cascade hops. Taiga dog has the same flaw. I think I may not like Cascade for much other than dry hopping.
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