Kick Your Molasses
Specialty Beer • Extract • 5 gal
I just bottled this tonight. I was going for a "sweet specialty" style that was well hopped. The gravity sample was very hoppy, but less sweet than I expected. I look forward to the final product, and to any comments from anyone who gives the recipe a shot!
May 4, 2008 pm 09:42pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- 1 lbs
Crystal Malt 60°L
Crystal Malt 60°L
Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.
- 1 lbs
Belgian Special B
Belgian Special B
- .5 lbs
Belgian Cara-Pils
Belgian Cara-Pils
Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.
- 6 lbs
Dry Light; Muntons
Dry Light; Muntons
Used as the base for a wide variety of styles of beers, including lager, pale ales, bitters, and export bitters. Contains no colored malts.
- .75 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- .75 lbs
Molasses
Molasses
Imparts strong sweet flavor. Use in stouts and porters.
- 1 oz
Galena - 13.1 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Galena
Neutral. This hop can be very bitter, but blends well with finishing hops. Used in American ales and lagers, but suitable for all beer styles. Aroma is medium but pleasant.
- .5 oz
Fuggle - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 20 min
Fuggle
Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.
- .5 oz
Saaz - 3.4 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min
Saaz
Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.
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White Labs WLP051 California Ale V
White Labs WLP051 California Ale V
From Northern California. This strain is more fruity than WLP001, and slightly more flocculant. Attenuation is lower, resulting in a fuller bodied beer than with WLP001.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 23 - Specialty Beer
Subcategory: A - Specialty Beer
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.074 | 1.026 - 1.120 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.014 | 0.995 - 1.035 | |
| Color: | 24.6 SRM | 1 - 50 | |
| Alcohol: | 7.8% ABV | 2.5% - 14.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 48.5 IBU | 0 - 100 |
