So this is going to be my first all grain batch, which I plan on brewing this afternoon (supposing everything works out today). It's a clone recipe of Bitter American, which is an American style Bitter made by 21st Amendment Brewing. Here's a review I did of the beer. It's a session beer, so it will have a lower starting gravity and lower ABV. I hope that this turns out well! Here's the recipe and details:
Grain Bill:
3.75 lbs 2-Row
3.75 lbs Golden Promise
.5 lbs Crystal 40L
Hop Schedule:
1oz Centennial for 60min
.75oz Centennial for 10min
.75oz Simcoe for 10min
.75oz Centennial for 5min
.75oz Simcoe for 5min
2oz Centennial for 7 day dry-hop
2oz Simcoe for 7 day dry-hop
Yeast:
Wyeast 1056 American Ale slurry from previous batches
Anticipated OG: 1.041
Anticipated FG: 1.010
Anticipated ABV: 4.1%
Hope to brew this today!
Update from the brewing:
Gravity came out at 1.032. I ended up with 1/2 gallon more wort than I should have, so that's probably why the gravity is lower. Oh well, it's a session beer which should have lower alcohol, so that should help. Things went so-so. See my other post from today to check that out. I have about 5.5 gallons fermenting right now with the dry hop happening as I type. Gotta love the hops!
Update 2/25/11: So since the gravity was so low I decided to try to fix that after talking to Old Dirty Randy at Poorhouse Brewing. He recommended using some Dry Malt Extract and boiling it into a couple pints of fermenting beer. So I did the math and added 1.25lbs of DME to a couple pints. Pre-boil gravity for the batch was 1.012. After the boil it was 1.022. So it worked. After a huge mess with boil overs and malt catching on fire on the stove and lots of smoke, it worked. Hopefully it saves the batch.
Update 2/28/11: Gravity is at 1.011 with a good malty flavor. Looks like the DME saved this batch. I'll rack it to secondary after I bottle the Opening Day Amber Ale in the next day or two.
Update 3/1/11: Gravity at 1.010.
Update 3/3/11: Gravity at 1.010. Racked to secondary and cold crashed in the garage. I hope to bottle this in a couple days.
Update 3/6/11: Bottled it up. Got 48 12's and 1 22oz. Pretty good!
Update 3/22/11: This stuff is really good. It's not quite as malty as the Bitter American, but it's got a great hop flavor and is plenty smooth. I may up the Golden Promise next time and see if that increases the malt flavor.
Tasting: Outstanding. Great hop flavor...really smooth. I'm really enjoying this one and will be making it again soon! I'll add a little more golden promise next time to try for a little more malty flavor, but this is great as it was.
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