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- Texas Dawg Slobber - Silver Moon Ale
- By John Patterson (76177,137)
- Lampasas, Texas
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- INGREDIENTS
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- 5 gallons water
- 2 4lb cans Yellow Dog Amber Malt Extract
- 3/4 lb Crystal malt (uncrushed) to 170 degrees
- 3/4 lb Chocolate malt (uncrushed) to 170 degrees
- 1/4 lb Black Patent malt (uncrushed) to 170 degrees
- 2 cups unsulphured molasses (I used "Grandma's" brand)
- 1 1/2 oz Kent Goldings hops (60 min)
- 1/2 oz Kent Goldings hops (when heat off)
- WYeast #1028 "London" Ale liquid yeast
- 3/4 cup corn sugar for priming
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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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- Place all malts (whole) in a cheesecloth grain bag.
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- Place the 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 cans of malt and the molasses in
- the brewpot, stirring constantly. Return pot to burner, add 1 1/2 oz Kent
- Goldings hop pellets, and boil for 60 minutes
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- At the end of the boil, remove pot from heat and add 1/2 oz Kent Goldings
- 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 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 8 days (5 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 had a nice
- head.
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- STATISTICS
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- Total wort volume: 5 gallons
- Calculated IBU: 46.9
- Original gravity: 1.060 at 75 degrees
- Terminal gravity: 1.010 at 75 degrees
- Primary fermentation: 3 days in glass
- Secondary fermentation: 5 days in glass
- Bottled after a total fermentation time of 8 days.
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- STYLE DESCRIPTION AND TASTING NOTES
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- Here is a brew for you malt lovers.
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- The ale is medium bodied and a pretty dark copper in color with low hop
- bitterness and medium maltiness. The molasses gives the brew a residual
- sweetness. I even noticed very slight licorice undertones in the brew.
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- After bottle conditioning, the ale will have medium effervescence, with low
- head retention but with nice lace. The taste is sweet and refreshing with
- a hop/malt balance leaning towards the malt side. The hop nose is low. Also,
- a good mouth feel and flavor, with a nice finish and aftertaste.
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- Label is in data lib 14 - SILVER.GIF
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- Enjoy!
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- John Patterson - 76177,137
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