Bayou Blitz Black Ale (All-Grain)

Grain:
10lbs - 2 row malt
0.5lbs - black patent malt
0.5lbs - Crystal 90L
14oz - Corn Sugar (Dextrose) Optional

Hops:
Magnum - 3/4oz 60 min
Magnum - 1/4oz 15 min
*can be exchanged for any high alpha hops*

Yeast:
Wyeast London ESB (1968)

Mash Profile:
14qt water 60 min at 153*
Sparge 17.75qt at 170*

Fermentation:
7 days primary
7 days secondary
14 days bottle/keg

Details:
Color: 25.6SRM
IBU: 41.5
Calories: 184
Est OG: 1.057
Est FG: 1.010

Characteristics:
A light bodied dark ale. Has deep dark flavors without the heavy feel of most dark ales. A very good craft beer for the less adventurous drinker looking to adventure into craft brews.

This post was edited on 12/13/13 at 3:42 pm

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Posted by s14suspense

Baton Rouge

Member since Mar 2007

14721 posts

Posted on 12/13/13 at 8:40 am to SouthOfSouth

Grapefruit RyePA (All-Grain)

Grain:
10.4 lbs - 2 row malt
3 lbs - rye malt
1 lb - Crystal 40L
4oz - Crystal 80L

Hops:
Warrior- 1oz 60 min
Amarillo- 1oz 15 min
Falconer's Flight- 1oz 10 min
Cascade- 1oz 5 min
Citra- 1oz 1 min
Falconer's Flight- 1oz Dry Hop

Yeast:
Wyeast American Ale (1056)

Mash Profile:
60 min at 152*
Sparge at 180*

Fermentation:
7 days primary
7 days secondary

Details:
Color: 9.7 SRM
Bitterness: 72.2 IBUs
Est OG: 1.065
Est FG: 1.014
ABV: 6.7%

Add 4-5 Grapefruits that have previosouly been frozen cut in half at the same time as the dry hops.

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Posted by LoneStarTiger

Lone Star State

Member since Aug 2004

15962 posts

Posted on 12/13/13 at 8:47 am to SouthOfSouth

Crosscut Brewing Single Hop Series Pale Ale (extract, 5 gallon batch)

This is a simple, easy to make and drink pale ale that really lets the hop characteristics come through. I started out with the Simcoe pale ale extract kit from AHS, then altered it to what I was looking for. I've made it twice now, once with Simcoe and once with Citra. The Simcoe was really nice. The Citra is fantastic, exactly what I want in a pale ale. The next in the series will be brewed shortly.

Steeping Grain:
8 oz. Carapils
8 oz. Crystal 60
8 oz. Munich
8 oz. 2 row

Fermentables:
7 lbs. Pale LME
4 oz. malto-dextrine

60 minute boil

The amount of hops will be adjusted based on their AA to keep the IBUs relatively the same. I'm not sure how to write it out, but here goes (The IBUs are rounded off).

Hop schedule:
60 minute: 24 IBUs
20 minute: 15 IBUs
10 minute: 10 IBUs
5 minute: 5 IBUs

Yeast: WLP051 California Ale V

Dry Hopping is where the experimenting is still in progress. The Simcoe was dry hopped with 2 oz for 14 days before I bottled it. The Citra was 2 oz for 7 days, then another 2 oz for 7 more. You can play with it a lot here, by changing the amount of hops or the number of days. My next is going back to one seven-day addition. maybe

I will go ahead and just use this for a general rule of thumb though:

After primary fermentation is complete (I give it about a week, then check) dry hop a minimum of 3 oz for a minimum for 5 days.

Beer Details:
OG: 1.052
ABV: 5.4%
Color: 11.1 SRM
IBUS: 52
Calories: 172.5 kcal/12oz