Big Red One

[ssorck]

Getting through my Mr. Beer HME's...after today have 5 more cans I think.

Brewed the Big Red One recipe today. I picked this up when they had the 25% recipe sale and was able to combine that with a 20% coupon so got a good deal on it. I have to say it was actually a pleasure to knock off a simple Mr. Beer batch, a little less than 1 hour from start to finishing cleanup.

The only (almost) snag was when I added the Weissbeer and then the larger Bewitched can to the 4 quarts of water and the hopsack I discovered that in the 3 quart saucepan I've been using for Mr. Beer kits the wort was up to a hair below the very top of the pot! Needless to say I had to stir very very carefully!!! So if anyone here does a recipe that needs 1 large HME & 1 small HME or equivalent you really need a bigger pot than 3 qts!

Mr. Beer says OG should be 1.082 but I overfilled the LBK. Qbrew says 1.076, I was at 1.072 so should wind up right about 7% I would think. Then I need to bottle her up and forget about her for 9 months or so...



Big Red One
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Brewer: Ssorck
Style: American Amber Ale
Batch: 2.50 galExtract

Characteristics
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Recipe Gravity: 1.076 OG
Recipe Bitterness: 47 IBU
Recipe Color: 14° SRM
Estimated FG: 1.019
Alcohol by Volume: 7.4%
Alcohol by Weight: 5.8%

Ingredients
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Mr. Beer Bavarian Weissbier 1.87 lb HME
Mr. Beer Bewitched Amber Ale - 2.86 lb HME

Cascade - 0.50 oz, Pellet, 5 minutes
Mr. Beer Bavarian Weissbier 1.00 oz, Pellet, 5 minutes
Mr. Beer Bewitched Amber Ale 1.00 oz, Pellet, 5 minutes
Cascade - 0.50 oz, Pellet, 5 minutes
Willamette - 0.50 oz, Pellet, 5 minutes

Safale S-05 Dry Ale Yeast 11.5 GRAMS

[Brewbirds]

DUDE!!! I have been getting harassed for sticking with my 8 quart pots and you are using a 3? You are a warrior and deserve some king of honors. I am totally impressed.

[ssorck]

Haha!!!

Only have used the 3 qt. for straight up Mr. Beer kits. I also have a 5 gallon stainless and a 7.5 gallon aluminum Bayou Classic.

[Root Skier]

I wanted to make this one and I'm not really a big red ale fan.

[ssorck]

I don't think the bewiched amber plus weissbier will yield a red ale, though to be honest I'm not sure what to expect!

[ssorck]

I tried one of these the other night (4 months +) - tasty but still needs to condition out more. I won't try another until after (or maybe on) July 4th. It seemed stronger than a 7.5% - the first pint of a 22 oz. bottle had me feeling good! OF course I also had a 12 oz. bottle of mt RCE Hop Stoopid clone prior so...