River Rd. house ale (All Grain) 5 Gal.

River Rd. house ale
(All Grain) 5 Gal.

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This Homebrew Recipe was added by Charlie Hiipakka on December 05, 2004 at 07:27:19:
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Brewing Method: All Grain
Yeast: Wyeast 1728 scottish ale
Yeast Starter: 1 half gal. SG. .035-.045
Batch Size: 5 Gal.
Original Gravity: 1.72-84
Final Gravity: 1.024-.32
Alcohol Content: 8%+ %
Total Grains: 12-14 lb
Color: 35-47
Extract Efficiency: 71-75% %
Hop IBU's: 25-35
Boiling Time: 90 min
Primary Fermentation: 5 days, 60 to 70 deg. F
Secondary Fermentation: 10 days 58 to 60 deg. F
Additional Fermentation: none

Grain Bill:

5 lbs. Munich I use Biards(UK) its well modified. 5 lbs good ole 2 row, 1 lb dark wheat malt,1 half lb chocolate malt,1 lb dark crystal. at least 70 LV. These are approx. weights, I have no scale and brew by the seat of my pants, but relax, and dont worry, the beer is great.

Hop Bill:

2 oz. goldings 5.5 IBU right at boiling 1 oz spalt 4.5 IBU 30 min. into the boil.

Mash Schedule:

4 gal low bicarb. water, if you have a lot of temp. hardness in your water boil it and decant h2o off preciptate, anyway ya want about 50 to 150 ppm calcium sulfate,low bicarb. OK? heat to 164 Deg. F single step infusion mash , it should even out at around 148- to 150 deg. F hold for 1 hour for converson, mash out at 165 Deg.F sparge with 170 Deg. h2o ph at 5.5 ph. adjust ph with phos. acid. if you have none, dont worry and sparge anyway. 4 gal of sparge water. dont oversparge.

Brewers Notes:

This is my House Brew. I always have it on tap. its a bit diffrent but a good scottish. the wyeast scottish is smokey, and good for high gravity. it will ferment well down to 55 deg.