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bender

American Brown Ale • All Grain • 5 gal

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A Surly Bender Clone

May 29, 2009 pm 01:42pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 9 lbs Golden Promise Pale

    Golden Promise Pale

    An especially sweet and clean variety of barley which results in full and malty sweet beer. It has superb hush integrity and delivers fast and consistent mash tun drainage. This malt variety is perfect for brewing up a clear, bright pint.

  • .75 lbs English Amber Malt

    English Amber Malt

    Roasted malt used in British milds, old ales, brown ales, nut brown ales.

  • 1 lbs British Dark Crystal

    British Dark Crystal

    Sweet caramel flavor, mouthfeel. For porters, stouts, old ales and any dark ale.

  • .25 lbs British Black Patent

    British Black Patent

    Dry, burnt, chalky character. Use in porters, stouts, brown ales and dark lagers.

  • 2 lbs Oats Flaked

    Oats Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • .5 oz Warrior® - 16.0 AA% pellets; boiled 45 min

    Warrior®

    New hop with much potential. Very stable.

  • .25 oz Magnum - 14.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Magnum

    Bred in 1980 at Germany’s Hüll Hop Research Center, this high-alpha variety is renowned for its exceptionally large, heavy cones. Hallertauer Magnum delivers excellent yields and, like many Hüll-developed hops, boasts a strong resistance to disease.

  • 1 oz Marynka; Chmiel Polski s.a. - 10.9 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min

    Marynka; Chmiel Polski s.a.

  • 1 oz Simcoe® - 11.9 AA% pellets; boiled 3 min

    Simcoe®

    Used for aromatic, and especially bittering properties.

  • .5 oz Warrior® - 16.0 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min

    Warrior®

    New hop with much potential. Very stable.

  • .25 oz Magnum - 14.5 AA% pellets; boiled 3 min

    Magnum

    Bred in 1980 at Germany’s Hüll Hop Research Center, this high-alpha variety is renowned for its exceptionally large, heavy cones. Hallertauer Magnum delivers excellent yields and, like many Hüll-developed hops, boasts a strong resistance to disease.

  • White Labs WLP001 California Ale

    White Labs WLP001 California Ale

    This yeast is famous for its clean flavors, balance and ability to be used in almost any style ale. It accentuates the hop flavors and is extremely versatile.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 10 - American Ale

Subcategory: C - American Brown Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.065 1.045 - 1.060
Terminal Gravity: 1.015 1.010 - 1.016
Color: 23.7 SRM 18 - 35
Alcohol: 6.5% ABV 4.3% - 6.2%
Bitterness: 67.8 IBU 20 - 40

Discussion

Mavtech

91.6 IBUs?

2009-06-29 4:32pm

According to Surly, Bender is only 45 IBUs. How did you come up with this recipe? I'd love to brew a clone of Bender. But, not at 90 IBUs.

sevans

IBU's

2009-07-20 8:28pm

Someone should double check the IBU's for this recipe. I came up with 54!! I'll brew this within the month but will likely adjust the hop quantities a little to get closer to 45.

wordup

IBUs

2010-01-12 1:01am

Mostly I just drank the beer and felt like Surly always loaded up on the IBUs. The other thing is that those magnums (and warriors to a lesser extent) always carry such a clean bitterness that I've felt like the beers i've made with them in the past have been under-bittered. you don't have to go to 90 IBUs, but if you use the magnums and go only to 40, I think you'll find that your beer carries less hop bitterness than the Bender. -IBUs down to 67

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