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Forest Fire Smoked Ale

Forest Fire Smoked Ale

Classic Rauchbier • Extract • 5 gal

mpkelly66

Am just now trying this out for the first time.

January 7, 2007 pm 06:19pm

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Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 1 lbs Crystal Malt 20°L

    Crystal Malt 20°L

    Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.

  • 7.25 lbs Liquid Dark Extract

    Liquid Dark Extract

    Used predominantly in the production of dark beers such as milds, browns, porters, and stouts.

  • 1 oz Cascade - 5.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 0.5 oz Mt. Hood - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 30 min

    Mt. Hood

    Used mainly for aroma and flavor in American and German style ales and lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant, light, and clean.

  • 1 oz Willamette - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 5 min

    Willamette

    This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy

  • 2 oz Oak chips - (omitted from calculations)

    Oak chips

  • Wyeast 1332 Northwest Ale™

    Wyeast 1332 Northwest Ale™

    One of the classic ale strains from the Northwest U.S. Breweries. Produces a malty and mildly fruity ale with good depth and complexity.

Notes

Soak the crystal malt in cold water for 1 hour, drain, place on screens in single layers and smoke in Luhr-Jensen smoker using 1-2 pans of alder chips. Soak oak chips in water and microwave to kill microorganisms, add to secondary fermentation.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 22 - Smoke-Flavored/Wood-Aged Beer

Subcategory: A - Classic Rauchbier

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.055 1.050 - 1.057
Terminal Gravity: 1.014 1.012 - 1.016
Color: 20.3 SRM 12 - 22
Alcohol: 5.4% ABV 4.8% - 6%
Bitterness: 27.8 IBU 20 - 30

Discussion

mpkelly66

changed to a lager

2007-01-16 8:01pm

Well, I boiled this up yesterday, but the homebrew store had some already smoked 40L crystal malt which was apple wood smoked, so I used this, and I used the White labs Southern German lager yeast instead of ale yeast.

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