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- Texas Dawg Slobber - Texas Bluebonnet Ale
- By John Patterson (76177,137)
- Lampasas, Texas
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- INGREDIENTS
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- 5 gallons water
- 1 - 3lb 5oz can Munton & Fison Canadian Ale Hopped Malt Extract
- 3 lbs. Edme English light DME
- 1 cup crystal malt (lightly cracked) to 170 degrees
- 1/2 oz Willamette hop pellets end of boil
- 1/2 oz Hallertauer hop pellets, after 3 days in primary
- M & F under the lid dried yeast (see note below)
- WYeast "American Ale" liquid yeast, strain #1056
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- DIRECTIONS
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- I boil all 5 gallons. To compensate for loss due to evaporation, I boiled
- the wort in 2 gallons of water in one pot, and boiled 4 gallons of clear
- water in a separate brewpot.
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- Crack the crystal malt and place in a cheesecloth grain bag.
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- Place the cracked grain in 2 gallons of water in a brewpot and apply heat.
- When the temp. of the water reaches 170 degrees, remove grains and discard.
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- Remove the pot from heat and dissolve both malt extracts in the brewpot,
- stirring constantly. Return pot to burner and boil for 20 minutes.
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- At the end of the boil, remove pot from heat and add 1/2 oz Willamette hops.
- Once the wort has cooled a little, add it and enough of the boiled water to
- make 5 gallons of wort, to your primary fermenter, I used a glass carboy.
- The use of a wort chiller is encouraged.
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- Once the wort has cooled to 70 to 75 degrees, pitch yeast.
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- After 3 days of fermentation, add 1/2 oz. Hallertauer hops. After 4 days the
- wort calmed down enough to rack it to a secondary fermenter (again, a glass
- carboy) and allowed to ferment further. Fermentation completely halted after
- a total of 12 days (8 days in the secondary).
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- Bottle or keg as you normally do.
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- After 1 week of bottle conditioning, the ale was drinkable and very
- effervescent.
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- Note - My original intent was to use the Wyeast #1056. The yeast was less
- a month old so I anticipated that it would rise up almost immediately, which
- it has done in the past. Not so. After a couple of days it had done nothing
- so I pitched the dried yeast that comes under the lid of the M&F malt.
- Finally, after an additional day, the Wyeast rose so I pitched it also. I
- don't know what effect this had on the ale, but it didn't adversely affect
- it at all.
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- STATISTICS
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- Total wort volume: 5 gallons
- Calculated IBU: Unknown. The alpha of the hopped malt was not given.
- Original gravity: 1.053 at 72 degrees
- Terminal gravity: 1.015 at 68 degrees
- Calculated % alcohol: 5.20%
- Primary fermentation: 4 days in glass
- Secondary fermentation: 8 days in glass
- Bottled after a total fermentation time of 12 days.
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- STYLE DESCRIPTION AND TASTING NOTES
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- The ale is medium bodied and a medium amber in color with low hop bitterness
- and medium maltiness. Dry hopping the Hallertauer gave the brew a nice gentle
- hop nose. The hop aroma comes through nicely, but does not overpower the
- brew. Even without using Irish Moss, the brew cleared up beautifully.
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- After bottle conditioning, the ale will be very effervescent, with a nice
- creamy head. Head retention is very good. The taste is malty with a
- hop/malt balance leaning towards the malt side. Also, a good mouth feel and
- flavor, with a nice finish and aftertaste.
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- Label is in data lib 14 - BLUE.GIF
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- Enjoy!
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- John Patterson - 76177,137