After 7 years the insurance gods finally decided to give me MLK day off and I am taking full advantage. This weekend is home brew weekend! It's been about a month since I last brewed and it ended in disaster. It brings a tear to my eye to talk about it but I'll risk a sleepless night for my loyal readers and share my story. No, I can't do it. I'll just give you a hint; it ended with broken glass and no beer. In any event, Monday will be Whisky-A-Go-Go IPA part deux. The french oak beans have been soaking in Bourbon since December 20th so I'm sure this batch will remind me of sucking on a wet board from a Bourbon barrel. Hmmm, I like the thought of that. If I weren't so splinter prone I would actually consider it.Ok, I know, enough bull shit. Here is the recipe. I think I'll alter the hop bill a little to make it my own. I"ll be brewing with the DME recipe and plan to post the results after my brew day. Stay tuned for the results.
For 5.5 gallons at 1.078, 66 IBU's, 8 SRM (8.8% abv.) Boil for 60 minutesMalt/Extract:
15.5 lbs Pale Ale (Malt Domestic / Marris Otter or a blend) OR 10.5 lbs. Pale LME/8.5 lbs. Pale DME
0.5 lbs. Crystal 40L
0.5 lbs. Crystal 8L (Belgian Caramel Pils)
0.25 lbs. Aromatic Malt
0.25 lbs. Honey Malt
Mash: Sacchrification Rest - 153 degrees F. (5 gallons) for 60 minutes
Hops (Pellets)
0.5 oz. Cascade (6.5%) first wort hopped
0.55 oz. Warrior (17%) 60 minutes
0.25 oz. Chinook (15.9%) 15 minutes
0.5 oz. Centennial (8%) 15 minutes
0.5 oz. Amarillo (9.4%) 15 minutes
1.0 oz. Cascade (6.5%) 0 minutes
1.0 oz. (6.5%) Dry Hop
Yeast:
Wyeast 1056 / WLP001 / US-05
Extra:
2 oz. French oak beans soaked in Bourbon for 2 weeks minimum added to the secondary for 2-4 weeks.
**This recipe was borrowed from Volume II, Issue II of Beer Advocate Magazine
4 comments:
Ill be honest, that second picture kind of freaks me out. Its kind of like a picture advertising the musical Cats, just sans cats and with prostitutes.
Whats the connection? Are the staying tuned?
Go-go girls, dude! They might be scary looking but they caught my eye. Maybe it's the body paintlike outfits.
oh man, this sounds like it's gonna be tasty... drink enough of this and i'm pretty sure we'll all wind up in body paint.
i like to soak my beans in bourbon for 2 weeks as well. and by beans i mean nuts. and by nuts i mean nads. but that's for another blog.
Maybe we should change the name of the brew to incorporate body paint some how. Any suggestions? Actually, maybe we should wait to see how it comes out first. It might have a negative affect and send us all to the crapper.
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