Monday, February 16, 2015

Extra Pale Ale

MaltBroue is an artisan maltsters from Cabano who specialized in the production of crystal malts from either barley, rye or wheat and they range between 20 and 160 Lovibond.  Lots of micros from Québec and NB uses their products and for good reasons!  They’re made locally using local grains and the taste is superior in my opinion, much like coffee beans from an artisan roaster.  Recently Dany has developed an experimental base malt and I was lucky to be given a few pounds to test it out.  It’s a 3.5L pale ale base malt made with the Bentley barley variety and in this recipe I used it on its own to really get the feel of what flavour it can provide. 

Recipe Specifications
Batch Size (Gal): 15.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 28.00
Estimated OG: 1.052
Anticipated SRM: 5.1
Anticipated IBU: 40.4 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Grains
100.0% (28 lbs) - MaltBroue Pale Ale

Hops
2.00 oz Warrior (12.00%) @ 60 min
1.00 oz Ahtanum (5.70%) @ 10 min
1.00 oz Amarillo (8.70%) @ 10 min
1.00 oz Centennial (10.50%) @ 10 min
4.00 oz Ahtanum (5.70%) @ Hop-Stand (175F for 60 min)
2.00 oz Amarillo (8.70%) @ Hop-Stand (175F for 60 min)
2.00 oz Centennial (10.50%) @ Hop-Stand (175F for 60 min)

Dry Hop
1.00 oz Ahtanum @ Dry Hop for 7 days (per 5 gal)

Yeasts
6.0 gal -> WY1450 Denny's Favorite 50
7.5 gal -> WLP090 - San Diego Super Yeast

Mash Schedule
Sacch Rest - 60 min @ 153F

Notes
02/15/15: Brew day
OG = 1.054
13.5 gallons


Monday, February 9, 2015

La Petite Ourse

A couple of weeks ago one of my friend shared with me a bottle of Rising Tide's Ursa Minor which is an hybrid of a hefe and a stout fermented with a German wheat beer yeast.  I really enjoyed it and it has inspired me to brew my own.  For my version I opted to focus more on the chocolate roast and used munich malt instead of crystal to tie both end.  The chocolate flavor will be match with banana flavor from the fermentation profile.

Recipe Specifications
Batch Size (Gal): 11.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 25.00
Estimated OG: 1.064
Anticipated SRM: 36.7
Anticipated IBU: 20.7 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Grains
44.0% (11 lbs) - Wheat 
32.0% (8 lbs) - Bo Pils
12.0% (3 lbs) - Munich II
4.0% (1 lbs) - Pale Chocolate
4.0% (1 lbs) - Chocolate Wheat
4.0% (1 lbs) - Carafa Special III

Hops
2.50 oz Tettnanger (5.30%) @ 60 min

Yeast
5.5gal -> WY3068 - Weihenstephan Weizen
5.5gal -> WY3068 - Weihenstephan Weizen

Mash Schedule
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Sacch Rest - 60 min @ 152F

Notes
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02/08/15: Brew day
OG = 1.062