Bamburgfest
Old Ale • Partial Mash • 5 gal
AN OLD ALE WITH A SMOKIE FINISH
May 2, 2007 am 11:40am
Ingredients (Partial Mash, 5 gal)
- 3 lbs
Munich Malt
Munich Malt
Sweet, toasted flavor and aroma. For Oktoberfests and malty styles
- 1 lbs
Toasted Pale Malt
Toasted Pale Malt
Imparts nutty flavor and aroma. Use in IPAs and Scottish ales.
- .25 lbs
Midwest Wheat Malt
Midwest Wheat Malt
Light flavor and creamy head. For American weizenbier, weissbier and dunkelweiss.
- .5 lbs
American Vienna
American Vienna
Increases malty flavor, provides balance. Use in Vienna, Märzen and Oktoberfest.
- 1 lbs
Peat Smoked Malt
Peat Smoked Malt
Imparts a robust smokey flavor and aroma. Use in Scottish ales and Wee Heavies.
- 6.6 lbs
Liquid Light Extract
Liquid Light Extract
A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.
- 1 oz
Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 90 min
Hallertau
Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.
- 1 oz
Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min
Tettnanger
Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.
-
Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey™
Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey™
Abbey-style top-fermenting yeast, suitable for high-gravity beers. Estery.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 19 - Strong Ale
Subcategory: A - Old Ale
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.073 | 1.060 - 1.090 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.017 | 1.015 - 1.022 | |
| Color: | 13.0 SRM | 10 - 22 | |
| Alcohol: | 7.4% ABV | 6% - 9% | |
| Bitterness: | 20.9 IBU | 30 - 60 |
Discussion
Fermenting
2007-05-02 11:58am
Steeped grains in 2gal of water at 156 F for 1 hr in an igloo drinking water cooler. Sparged with 2gal of water at 160F. Added malt extract and started boil. Once boiling occured added 1 oz Hallertau. At 1hr and 20 min of boiling added 1 oz Tettnanger boiled 10 min. Cooled wort and pitched a quart of yeast perpared from a yeast starter. Fermentation started within 5 hrs.
Time to forget about it!
2007-05-13 3:35am
O.G. was 1.078, Final was 1.015 at the time of bottling. Now the hard part, time to forget about it for a while. Hope my patience is rewarded, will let you know.
Need more time
2007-05-27 2:08am
Nice white head that hangs around for about 5 minutes. This Ale has a nice bitter start that is overcome by the malt as it finishes. Could not detect any smokey flavors at this point. will wait for the 4th of July for next sampling. Overall a very nice beer. Still needs more time
