OLDE SMILING JACKASS CELTIC STRONG ALE (All grain version by ZYMIE)
Category : Specialty Beer
Method : Full Mash
Starting Gravity : 1.095
Ending Gravity : 1.022
Alcohol content : 9.3%
Recipe Makes : 6.0 gallons
Total Grain : 20.75 lbs.
Color (srm) :111.7
Efficiency : 65%
Hop IBUs : 60.2
Malts/Sugars:
10.00 lb. Klages
2.00 lb. Vienna
2.00 lb. Belgian Munich
2.00 lb. British Brown 60L
2.00 lb. Brown Sugar (dark)
1.00 lb. American Crystal 80L
1.00 lb. American Crystal 40L
0.25 lb. British Black Patent
0.25 lb. Belgian Roasted Barley
0.25 lb. American Chocolate
Hops:
0.75 oz. Fuggles(whole) 3.6% (first wort)
0.50 oz. N. Brewer(whole) 8.5% 90 min
1.50 oz. E. Kent Goldings 5.0% 60 min
1.00 oz. Fuggles(whole) 3.6% 30 min
1.00 oz. Fuggles(whole) 3.6% 15 min
1.00 oz. Cascade (whole) 4.4% 5 min
Notes: This is an all grain adaptation of the Olde Smiling Jackass recipe from Strange Brewer....I've taken liberty of adjusting the malts on speculation of the combination of the extracts....I will also be first wort hopping with the Fuggles..
Mash in with 5 gallons of 175F water to get 155F
Hold for 60 min
Add 1 gallon boiling water to bring to 158F
Hold for 30 min
Add 2 gallons boiling water for mashout
Sparge with 5 gallons 170F water to collect 8 gallons of liquor
Boil for 2 hours to net 6 gallons of wort
Add Cascade hops in hopback
Pitch 3/4 gallon starter of Sierra Nevada yeast