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Susan and Ray's Old Ale

Old Ale • All Grain • 5 gal

Al Boyce

Based on Susan Ruud and Ray Taylor's Old Ale recipe that won BOS at the first annual Great Northern Brew Ha Ha in Duluth, MN in 2007.

April 4, 2017 pm 06:10pm

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Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)

6 lbs Pale Ale Malt; Rahr

Pale Ale Malt; Rahr

A principal ingredient of cask ales using heritage barleys.
3 lbs Ashburne® Mild Malt; Briess

Ashburne® Mild Malt; Briess

Golden rich color with a malty sweetness. Characteristics & Applications: • Well suited for mild ale beers for color and maltiness. • Imparts smooth sweet flavor while also adding a full malty flavor. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
1 lbs Vienna Malt; Briess

Vienna Malt; Briess

Malty, very slight biscuit flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Can be used as a base malt • Use with Caramel Malts to produce malty red and amber beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.
.75 lbs Caramunich® (Organic); Weyermann®

Caramunich® (Organic); Weyermann®

Weyermann Organic CARAMUNICH® is produced from malted German two-row barley from certified organic cultivation. Weyermann CARAMUNICH® consists of golden brown kernels, with a very aromatic smell. Our malts are produced according to the strict „German Purity Law“. We don’t use any genetically manipulated materials.
.75 lbs English Amber Malt

English Amber Malt

Roasted malt used in British milds, old ales, brown ales, nut brown ales.
.75 lbs Wheat Malt; Simpsons

Wheat Malt; Simpsons

Even small additions can enhance head retention and foam. Used at 50 – 60% for wheat beers.
.75 lbs Crystal 60; Crisp

Crystal 60; Crisp

Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.
.5 lbs Brown Malt; Simpsons

Brown Malt; Simpsons

‘Coffee’ notes for stouts and porters. Smooth mouth-feel.
.5 lbs Aromatic Malt; Briess

Aromatic Malt; Briess

Golden rich color and a smooth malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Munich-style malt that will contribute an intensely malty flavor and aroma. • Use in any beer style for additional maltiness. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
.25 lbs Special B Malt; Castle Malting

Special B Malt; Castle Malting

Features: Very special Belgian dark malt, obtained through specific double drying process. Usage: Abbey ales, Trappist ales, dubbels, porters, brown ales, doppelbocks. Recommended proportion: 10%. Characteristics: Is used to produce a deep red to dark brown-black colour and fuller body. Unique flavour and aroma. Gives much colour and raisin-like flavour. Imparts a rich malty taste and a hint of nut and plum flavour. May substitute Chocolate and Black malt if bitterness is not desired.
.25 lbs Biscuit Malt; Castle Malting

Biscuit Malt; Castle Malting

Features: Unique and very special Belgian malt. Lightly kilned, then lightly torrefied up to 160°C. Usage: All special beers and as well for English ales, brown ales and porters. Recommended proportion: up to 15% of the grist. Characteristics: Biscuit malt produces a very pronounced "toasty" finish in the beer. Imparts a warm bread and biscuit like aroma and flavour. Biscuit Malt promotes a light to medium warm brown colour to the mash. This malt is used to improve the roasted flavour and aroma that characterize ales and lagers lending the subtle properties of black and chocolate malts. No enzymes. Must be mashed with malts having a surplus of diastatic power.
.13 lbs Chocolate Malt; Breiss

Chocolate Malt; Breiss

Rich roasted coffee flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Chocolate Malt is used in all beer styles for color adjustment with minor or no flavor contribution. • Use 1-10% for desired color in Porter and Stout Beer. • The chocolate flavor is very complementary when used in higher percentages in Brown Ales, Porters, Stouts and other Dark Beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.
.5 lbs Barley Flaked

Barley Flaked

Helps head retention, imparts creamy smoothness. For porters and stouts.
1.5 oz Fuggle - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

Fuggle

Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.
1 oz East Kent Goldings - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

East Kent Goldings

Mild, slightly flowery.
Wyeast 1098 British Ale™

Wyeast 1098 British Ale™

From Whitbread. Ferments dry and crisp, slightly tart, fruity and well-balanced. Ferments well down to 65F.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 17 - Strong British Ale

Subcategory: B - Old Ale

		Range for this Style
Original Gravity:	1.074	1.055 - 1.088
Terminal Gravity:	1.018	1.015 - 1.022
Color:	23.4 SRM	10 - 22
Alcohol:	7.3% ABV	5.5% - 9%
Bitterness:	59.8 IBU	30 - 60

	Apparent	Real
Original Extract:	17.94 P	17.94 P
Terminal Extract:	4.65 P	7.20 P
Attenuation:	74.1%	59.9%
	% by Volume	% by Weight
Alcohol:	7.3%	5.7%

	Weight	Calories
Alcohol:	20.7 g	142.8
Carbs:	25.7 g	97.5
Protein:	1.8 g	7.2
		Total Calories
		247.4

Fermentables

Total: 15.13 lbs

Efficiency: 72%

	Quantity	Proportion	Gravity	Color
Pale Ale Malt Pale Ale Malt; Rahr A principal ingredient of cask ales using heritage barleys.	6 lbs
Ashburne® Mild Malt Ashburne® Mild Malt; Briess Golden rich color with a malty sweetness. Characteristics & Applications: • Well suited for mild ale beers for color and maltiness. • Imparts smooth sweet flavor while also adding a full malty flavor. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.	3 lbs
Vienna Malt Vienna Malt; Briess Malty, very slight biscuit flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Can be used as a base malt • Use with Caramel Malts to produce malty red and amber beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.	1 lbs
Caramunich® (Organic) Caramunich® (Organic); Weyermann® Weyermann Organic CARAMUNICH® is produced from malted German two-row barley from certified organic cultivation. Weyermann CARAMUNICH® consists of golden brown kernels, with a very aromatic smell. Our malts are produced according to the strict „German Purity Law“. We don’t use any genetically manipulated materials.	.75 lbs
English Amber Malt English Amber Malt Roasted malt used in British milds, old ales, brown ales, nut brown ales.	.75 lbs
Wheat Malt Wheat Malt; Simpsons Even small additions can enhance head retention and foam. Used at 50 – 60% for wheat beers.	.75 lbs
Crystal 60 Crystal 60; Crisp Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.	.75 lbs
Brown Malt Brown Malt; Simpsons ‘Coffee’ notes for stouts and porters. Smooth mouth-feel.	.5 lbs
Aromatic Malt Aromatic Malt; Briess Golden rich color and a smooth malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Munich-style malt that will contribute an intensely malty flavor and aroma. • Use in any beer style for additional maltiness. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.	.5 lbs
Special B Malt Special B Malt; Castle Malting Features: Very special Belgian dark malt, obtained through specific double drying process. Usage: Abbey ales, Trappist ales, dubbels, porters, brown ales, doppelbocks. Recommended proportion: 10%. Characteristics: Is used to produce a deep red to dark brown-black colour and fuller body. Unique flavour and aroma. Gives much colour and raisin-like flavour. Imparts a rich malty taste and a hint of nut and plum flavour. May substitute Chocolate and Black malt if bitterness is not desired.	.25 lbs
Biscuit Malt Biscuit Malt; Castle Malting Features: Unique and very special Belgian malt. Lightly kilned, then lightly torrefied up to 160°C. Usage: All special beers and as well for English ales, brown ales and porters. Recommended proportion: up to 15% of the grist. Characteristics: Biscuit malt produces a very pronounced "toasty" finish in the beer. Imparts a warm bread and biscuit like aroma and flavour. Biscuit Malt promotes a light to medium warm brown colour to the mash. This malt is used to improve the roasted flavour and aroma that characterize ales and lagers lending the subtle properties of black and chocolate malts. No enzymes. Must be mashed with malts having a surplus of diastatic power.	.25 lbs
Chocolate Malt Chocolate Malt; Breiss Rich roasted coffee flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Chocolate Malt is used in all beer styles for color adjustment with minor or no flavor contribution. • Use 1-10% for desired color in Porter and Stout Beer. • The chocolate flavor is very complementary when used in higher percentages in Brown Ales, Porters, Stouts and other Dark Beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.	.13 lbs
Barley Flaked Barley Flaked Helps head retention, imparts creamy smoothness. For porters and stouts.	.5 lbs

	Quantity	Boiled	Proportion	Bitterness	Utilization
Fuggle (5.0%) Fuggle Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.	1.5 oz	60 min
East Kent Goldings (4.75%) East Kent Goldings Mild, slightly flowery.	1 oz	60 min

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Susan and Ray's Old Ale

Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)

Pale Ale Malt; Rahr

Ashburne® Mild Malt; Briess

Vienna Malt; Briess

Caramunich® (Organic); Weyermann®

English Amber Malt

Wheat Malt; Simpsons

Crystal 60; Crisp

Brown Malt; Simpsons

Aromatic Malt; Briess

Special B Malt; Castle Malting

Biscuit Malt; Castle Malting

Chocolate Malt; Breiss

Barley Flaked

Fuggle

East Kent Goldings

Wyeast 1098 British Ale™