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Dragon Spit Ale
| Recipe |
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Dragon Spit |
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Style |
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American Amber Ale |
| Brewer |
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Sheppy Brew |
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Batch |
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2.13 gal |
| Extract |
Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity |
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1.061 OG |
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Estimated FG |
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1.016 FG |
| Recipe Bitterness |
|
43 IBU |
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Alcohol by Volume |
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5.9% |
| Recipe Color |
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16° SRM |
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Alcohol by Weight |
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4.6% |
Ingredients
| Quantity |
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Grain |
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Type |
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Use |
| 0.25 lb |
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Brown Sugar, Light |
|
Sugar |
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Other |
| 0.50 lb |
|
Crystal 75L |
|
Grain |
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Steeped |
| 0.484 lb |
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Briess Pilsen Light LME |
|
Extract |
|
Extract |
| 1.21 lb |
|
MrB. Englishman's Nut-Brown Ale |
|
Extract |
|
Extract |
| 1.21 lb |
|
MrB. Mellow Amber UME |
|
Extract |
|
Extract |
| Quantity |
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Hop |
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Type |
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Time |
| 0.125 oz |
|
Columbus |
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Pellet |
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40 minutes |
| 1.00 oz |
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MrB. Englishman's Nut-Brown Ale |
|
Pellet |
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5 minutes |
| 0.50 oz |
|
U.S. Goldings |
|
Pellet |
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15 minutes |
| Quantity |
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Misc |
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Notes |
| 1.00 unit |
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Ale yeast |
|
Yeast |
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Fermentis SAFEALE US-05 |
| 0.50 unit |
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Cinnamon |
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Spice |
|
1/2 tsp. |
| 0.50 unit |
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Irish Moss |
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Fining |
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1/2 tsp added 15 left in boil |
Recipe Notes
Bring 1 gallon water to 155F - 168F. Add specialty grain in muslim sack to water and steep for 30 minutes. Remove grain sack and let drain into wort. Add and boil DME, UME. Add hops and Irish moss at appropriate times. Add cinnamon and brown sugar last 5 minutes of boil.
Remove from heat and add HME. Add to fermentor and pitch yeast as usual.
http://www.fermentis.com/FO/pdf/HB/EN/Safale_US-05_HB.pdf
Ferment 3 weeks.
Batch prime with 2.25 oz sugar. Condition for 2 - 4 weeks.
Batch Notes
Substituted Briess Pilsen Light LME for Light DME because I had a bunch that needed to be used up.
| Date |
Note |
| 10/23/2009 Fri |
Mixed up beer ahead of schedule. Poured in more LME
than intended should kick up the alcohol a bit, but not much.
Smelled great going into the fermentor. Tried putting ice
in the wort to help cool down. Not sure that is a great
idea. If I get an infection, that is probably to blame.
Placed the keg in the conditioning cooler to start off with. |
| 10/29/2009 Thur |
Got an update on the Mr. Beer ingredients. This recipe
went from .54 BU/GU to .70, making it very hoppy. Have to
see how it tastes. |
| 10/31/2009 Sun |
Moved Rutt from the conditioning cooler (about 62 degrees)
to the spare bedroom. It has not gotten over 66 yet, but I
am sure it will get up to 70 soon. |
| 11/08/2009 Sun |
The assistant brewers and I bottled in 14 12 oz and 3 liter
bottles. They didn't get a sample, but I did.
Perfectly good flat beer. The hoppiness seemed just about
right. Very excited about drinking this beer around mid -
December. |
| 11/23/2009 Mon |
The carbing phase is over, but I'm going to wait to put it in
the cooler until after BH Black has gotten past the crazy part
of fermentation. Put one bottle into the beer fridge and
will most likely taste on Thanksgiving. |
| 11/27/2009 Thur |
Wow. Great tasting beer with practically no conditioning
time. Will only get better. Seemed to be just the
right amount of bitterness / hoppiness for the malt in this
brew. Might consider just a bit more cinnamon next time. |
| 12/06/2009 Sun |
Finally got all these into the conditioning cooler. |
| 12/13/2009 Sun |
Moved 2 into beer fridge. Was going to move 3, but dropped
one which popped the top, so I had to drink one while watching
football. Great beer. I love the hoppy bitterness.
Next time might double the cinnamon just to see what it does. |
| 12/20/2009 Sun |
Really really really good. |
| 12/30/2009 Wed |
Most of these are still in the conditioning cooler, but will
start to take these out to seriously drink them soon. |
| 01/02/2010 Sat |
Had one while brewing Tweedle Beetle Stout. SOOOOOOO good.
Might replace Eric's Red on the favorites list behind P&T. |
| 01/09/2010 Sat |
A liter with dinner. Best beer I've had in awhile. |
| 01/18/2010 Sun |
Had one while putting up garage door opener / watching football.
Yummy stuff. |
| 02/16/2010 Tues |
Allowed myself a treat while updating the web site with the
Dragon Spit II recipe. No real
sign of the hops fading in this one. |
| 02/26/2010 Fri |
Had a liter tonight. Still love the beer. The
cinnamon really gives this beer an interesting taste I think.
At least I think that is the cinnamon. |
| Recipe |
|
Dragon Drool |
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Style |
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American Amber Ale |
| Brewer |
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Sheppy Brew |
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Batch |
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2.13 gal |
| Extract |
Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity |
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1.062 OG |
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Estimated FG |
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1.016 FG |
| Recipe Bitterness |
|
13 IBU |
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Alcohol by Volume |
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6.0% |
| Recipe Color |
|
13° SRM |
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Alcohol by Weight |
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4.7% |
Ingredients
| Quantity |
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Grain |
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Type |
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Use |
| 0.25 lb |
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Brown Sugar, Dark |
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Sugar |
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Other |
| 0.50 lb |
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Dark DME |
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Extract |
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Extract |
| 1.21 lb |
|
MrB. Englishman's Nut-Brown Ale |
|
Extract |
|
Extract |
| 1.21 lb |
|
MrB. Mellow Amber UME |
|
Extract |
|
Extract |
| Quantity |
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Hop |
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Type |
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Time |
| 1.00 oz |
|
MrB. Englishman's Nut-Brown Ale |
|
Pellet |
|
5 Min |
| Quantity |
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Misc |
|
Notes |
| 0.50 unit |
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Cinnamon |
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Spice |
|
1/2 tsp. |
Recipe Notes
Boil brown sugar, DME, and cinnamon for 5 minutes.
| Date |
Note |
| 04/12/2009 Sun |
Mixed brew. Boiled DME, brown sugar, and cinnamon for
5 minutes before adding the HME and UME. Fermenting in
Tuke. |
| 04/24/2009 Fri |
Sampled. Seems to be coming along well. Cannot
really taste the Cinnamon. I have decided to warm
condition for at least a couple weeks before adding to fridge.
But, that is sort of getting ahead of myself since it needs to
ferment for 2 more weeks. |
| 05/09/2009 Sat |
Sampled and bottled in 4 PETs and 12 12oz glass bottles.
Tasted very good going into the bottle. Batch primed with
55g of cane sugar. |
| 05/25/2009 Mon |
Put the bottles in my conditioning cooler. My plan is
to keep the beer in here until 6/25, but we will see how patient
I am. Tyler asked me when I will be trying this beer.
Not sure having a 7 - year -old ask about my brewing schedule
says something positive about my parenting ability. Hmm...
well, he did do the artwork for this one, so that is probably
why he is interested in it. |
| 06/06/2009 Sat |
Put 2 12 oz bottles in fridge so that I can see how the
conditioning is coming along. Not sure when I will taste. |
| 06/11/2009 Thur |
Had 2 while watching game 4 of the NBA finals. Tastes
real good. Carbonation is not high as it should be.
Not sure why since I did not notice this with the Northern Amber
which was primed exactly the same. Think maybe this with
1/4 U.S. Goldings hops (sort of a combo of this with Northern
Amber) will be one of my "go-to" brews. |
| 06/15/2009 Mon |
Put a few more bottles into the fridge in anticipation of a
possible beer tasting this weekend. |
| 06/26/2009 Fri |
Had another bottle. Hmm. Hmmm... good. |
| 08/21/2009 Fri |
Had a liter bottle with dinner. Taste is right where
it should be. |
| 09/13/2009 Fri |
Shared WW, WB, P&T, Northern Amber, Eric's Red, and Dragon
Spit with Jerry, Lisa, and Grammy. The girls actually did
not make it to this beer. Jerry said he liked it, although
not as much a WB, P&T, or Northern Amber. Still planning
on making this as sort of a hybrid of how I made NA and Dragon
Spit. I do like this as a dark beer. |
| 09/27/2009 Sun |
Drank a few more. The brown sugar sort of gives a
maple flavor I think. The only problem with this beer is
the lack of head. I think next time I make this I'll steep
some medium or dark crystal in to add some body. |
| 10/31/2009 Sat |
Finished the last liter. Head is fine when you know
how to pour, but carbonation can be up a bit (and will be on the
next batch). Am really looking forward to batch #2. |
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