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Ale to the Chief: Honey Ale
Brewed: 02/21/2015 Kegged: 03/07/2015
If you followed my blog or SheppyBrew's Facebook page in the autumn of 2012, you may have caught that the White House emailed me two home-brew recipes (see White House #HomeBrew Recipes on my blog).
Both
recipes were extract batches, and as of the time that I entered this recipe, I had not seen
all-grain versions posted. They may have been out there, I just had not seen
them. I decided to convert the recipes to all-grain.
I had already posted the Honey Porter recipe back in September. I only got around to the Honey Ale recipe in November. The recipe that the White House sent out left some room for interpretation, but taking some liberties, I came up with in an all-grain conversion.
When I first converted this one, I didn't think I'd ever brew it, but finally in February of 2015, I decided to give this a try. I did resize my batch by about half to a Mr. Beer Sized batch.
Feel
free to leave comments about the recipe below. As I mentioned, I made
assumptions on OG / ABV and boil volumes that are probably not right. If
you have better information (or even have speculations on this stuff), I
would love to hear it.
You can find what else I wrote about "Obama Beer" on my blog: http://blog.ericshepard.com/search/label/Obama%20Beer
White House Honey Ale --- Batch 1
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| Style |
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Specialty Beer |
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Batch Size |
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2.40 gal |
| Type |
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All Grain |
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Boil Size |
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3.30 gal |
| Brewhouse Efficiency |
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70.00 |
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Boil Time |
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90 minutes |
Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity |
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1.063 SG |
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Estimated FG |
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1.011 SG |
| Recipe Bitterness |
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32.0 IBUs (Rager) |
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Alcohol by Volume |
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6.8 % |
| BU : GU |
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0.506 |
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| Recipe Color |
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7.6 SRM |
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| Measured OG: |
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1.064
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Measured FG: |
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1.018 |
| ADF: |
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72
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Measured ABV: |
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6.1 |
Ingredients
Ingredients
| Amt |
Name |
Type |
# |
%/IBU |
| 4 lbs 12.0 oz |
Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) |
Grain |
1 |
81.8 % |
| 5.0 oz |
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) |
Grain |
2 |
5.4 % |
| 4.0 oz |
Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) |
Grain |
3 |
4.3 % |
| 1.00 tsp |
Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Boil 60.0 mins) |
Water Agent |
4 |
- |
| 0.750 oz |
Goldings, East Kent [4.30 %] - Boil 45.0 min |
Hop |
5 |
26.9 IBUs |
| 1.00 Items |
Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) |
Fining |
6 |
- |
| 0.750 oz |
Fuggles [4.40 %] - Boil 1.0 min |
Hop |
7 |
5.1 IBUs |
| 1.0 pkg |
Windsor Yeast (Lallemand #-) [23.66 ml] |
Yeast |
8 |
- |
| 0.50 tsp |
Yeast Nutrient (Primary 3.0 days) |
Other |
9 |
- |
| 8.0 oz |
Honey (1.0 SRM) |
Sugar |
10 |
8.6 % |
Mash Profile
Mash Steps
| Name |
Description |
Step Temperature |
Step Time |
| Mash In |
Add 6.64 qt of water at 163.7 F |
152.0 F |
60 min |
Batch sparge with 2 steps
(0.75gal, 1.77gal) of 168.0 F water
Recipe Notes
For the first
flavoring, add the 1 1/2 oz Kent Goldings and 2 tsp of gypsum. Boil for 45
minutes.
For the second flavoring, add the 1/2 oz Fuggles hop pellets at the
last minute of the boil.
Add the honey and boil for 5 more minutes.
Add 2
gallons chilled sterile water into the primary fermenter and add the hot wort
into it. Top with more water to total 5 gallons. There is no need to
strain.
Pitch yeast when wort temperature is between 70-80°. Fill airlock
halfway with water.
Ferment at 68-72° for about seven days.
Rack to a
secondary fermenter after five days and ferment for 14 more days.
To bottle,
dissolve the corn sugar into 2 pints of boiling water for 15 minutes. Pour the
mixture into an empty bottling bucket. Siphon the beer from the fermenter over
it. Distribute priming sugar evenly. Siphon into bottles and cap. Let sit for 2
to 3 weeks at 75°
Brewing Record
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