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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.
Crack the crystal malt and place in a cheesecloth grain bag.
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.
Remove the pot from heat and dissolve both malt extracts in the brewpot,
stirring constantly. Return pot to burner and boil for 20 minutes.
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.
Once the wort has cooled to 70 to 75 degrees, pitch yeast.
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).
Bottle or keg as you normally do.
After 1 week of bottle conditioning, the ale was drinkable and very
effervescent.
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.
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.
Label is in data lib 14 - BLUE.GIF
Enjoy!
John Patterson - 76177,137