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Fat and Mad Maple Ale

Fat and Mad Maple Ale

Specialty Beer • All Grain • 5 gal

Gary

Make sure to do a secondary ferment, and use only pure maple syrup, a dark grade works best. In maple syrup country, they call it bud syrup, it is usually the last run of the season, when the trees start to bud. Also Note: 1/2 pound or one cup of syrup goes in at the start of the boil, then when force carbonating, you can add another 1/2 cup for more flavor.

July 11, 2002 pm 08:14pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 6 1/2 lbs American 2-row

    American 2-row

    Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt

  • 1 lbs Crystal Malt 80°L

    Crystal Malt 80°L

    Body and Richness. Distictive Nutty flavor and or sweet, smooth caramel flavor and a red to deep red color. For porters, old ales.

  • 1 lbs Honey Malt

    Honey Malt

    Nutty honey flavor. For brown ales, Belgian wheats, bocks and many other styles.

  • 1/8 lbs English Chocolate Malt

    English Chocolate Malt

    Dark malt that gives a rich red or brown color and nutty flavor. Use for: Brown ales, porters, some stouts Maintains some malty flavor, not as dark as roasted malt.

  • 1/2 lbs Maple Syrup

    Maple Syrup

    Imparts a dry, woodsy flavor if used in the boil. If beer is bottled with it, it gives it a smooth sweet, maple taste. Use in maple ales, pale ales, brown ales and porters.

  • 1 1/8 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrüher - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Hallertauer Mittelfrüher

    Fine, 'Noble'.

  • 1/2 oz Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 1/2 oz Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 4 oz Maple Syrup - (omitted from calculations)

    Maple Syrup

  • Wyeast 1968 London ESB Ale™

    Wyeast 1968 London ESB Ale™

    Highly flocculant top-fermenting strain with rich, malty character and balanced fruitiness. This strain is so flocculant that additional aeration and agitation is needed. An excellent strain for cask-conditioned ales.

Notes

When kegging and just before force carbonating, add 1/2 cup of maple syrup to the keg for extra maple flavor. The beer must be cold, you do not want to prime it up, and feed any leftover yeast. Also note that one cup or 1/2 pound of syrup goes in at the start of the boil.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 23 - Specialty Beer

Subcategory: A - Specialty Beer

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.044 1.026 - 1.120
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 0.995 - 1.035
Color: 18.6 SRM 1 - 50
Alcohol: 4.5% ABV 2.5% - 14.5%
Bitterness: 30.3 IBU 0 - 100

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