#WeAreGroot
Brewed: 06/05/2016 Kegged: 06/23/2016
 One of my favorite of the recent Marvel Movies is Guardians of the Galaxy.
One of my favorite characters in the movie is Groot. This is by far the best role I've seen played by Vin Diesel. Certainly the most entertaining.
As Rocket says ... "Well he don't know talkin' good like me and you, so his vocabulistics is limited to "I" and "am" and "Groot," exclusively in that order."
At the end, in a very powerful scene, he sacrifices himself to save his friends and surprises us all with a new line "We Are Groot".
Great acting.
Great movie.
If you have not seen the movie ... go out and see it.
Anyway ... at some point I thought I would like to name a beer "We Are Groot". Better yet, #WeAreGroot.
And I thought that a beer named after the hero of this movie should have a little extra vegetative twist to it. Maybe a root.
As you probably know, unlike the standard potato, the part of the sweet potato that is eaten is the tuberous root.
Root rhymes with Groot.
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#WeAreGroot uses 5 pounds of sweet potatoes, which research / calculations leads me to believe provides about the same amount of sugar as a pound of standard 2-row barley.
Just for another twist, I threw in some rye as well. Other than the sweet potatoes and rye, the beer is a pretty standard blond ale.
For hops I put in Crystal and Cluster. No real reason other than I like those hops. Bitterness is pretty balanced. It may be a bit hoppier than the style calls for, but that is what I felt like making.
We'll see how it turns out.
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| Style |
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Pre-Prohibition Lager |
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Batch Size |
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5.50 gal |
| Type |
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All Grain |
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Boil Size |
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7.76 gal |
| Brewhouse Efficiency |
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75.00 |
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Boil Time |
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90 minutes | Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity |
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1.049 SG |
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Estimated FG |
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1.012 SG |
| Recipe Bitterness |
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24.9 IBUs (Rager) |
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Alcohol by Volume |
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4.9 % |
| BU : GU |
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0.508 |
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| Recipe Color |
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5.4 SRM |
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| Measured OG: |
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1.048 |
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Measured FG: |
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1.010 |
| ADF: |
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79 |
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Measured ABV: |
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5 | Ingredients
Ingredients
| Amt |
Name |
Type |
# |
%/IBU |
| 6.00 g |
Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins) |
Water Agent |
1 |
- |
| 5 lbs |
Sweet Potato (4.0 SRM) |
Adjunct |
2 |
35.7 % |
| 8 lbs |
Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) |
Grain |
3 |
57.1 % |
| 1 lbs |
Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) |
Grain |
4 |
7.1 % |
| 0.500 oz |
Crystal [3.20 %] - First Wort 90.0 min |
Hop |
5 |
6.9 IBUs |
| 0.250 oz |
Cluster [7.80 %] - First Wort 90.0 min |
Hop |
6 |
8.4 IBUs |
| 1.00 Items |
Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) |
Fining |
7 |
- |
| 0.750 oz |
Cluster [7.80 %] - Boil 15.0 min |
Hop |
8 |
6.1 IBUs |
| 1.00 tsp |
Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 mins) |
Other |
9 |
- |
| 1.000 oz |
Crystal [3.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min |
Hop |
10 |
2.5 IBUs |
| 0.500 oz |
Crystal [3.20 %] - Boil 5.0 min |
Hop |
11 |
1.0 IBUs |
| 1.0 pkg |
Mexican Lager (White Labs #WLP940) [35.49 ml] |
Yeast |
12 |
- |
Mash Profile
Mash Steps
| Name |
Description |
Step Temperature |
Step Time |
| Mash In |
Add 17.50 qt of water at 163.7 F |
152.0 F |
60 min |
Batch sparge with 2 steps
(1.18gal, 3.88gal) of 168.0 F water
Recipe Notes
6g gypsum in the
mash water. This should bring Denver water profile (as defined by BeerSmith) to
Ca=72,Mg=8,Na=21,SO4=149,Cl=23,HCO3=104
Mash grains with 11 guarts of
water at 164F.
While mash is going on, boil pealed potatoes with 6 quarts of
water until soft enough to whip. Whip potatoes and add to the mash. Stir in and
let rest another 45 minutes.
Sparge as directed above.
Pitch as close to
50 F as possible. Keep temp below 55 for 2 days, then let it warm up to lower
60's for a few days and then room temp (but lower than 72)
Ferment about 2
weeks total.
Force carbonate to 2.5 volumes. Condition to taste.
Brewing Record
| Brew Date: |
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Strike Temp: |
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| Mash Temps: |
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155 ish most of the time |
| Pre-boil OG |
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1.044 (1.040 SG) |
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Pre-boil Vol |
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(7.76 gal) |
| Actual Mash Efficiency |
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Pitch Temp |
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| Fermentation |
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