I am using up my leftover grains and hops. I had most of what i needed for a Moose Drool brown ale. I subbed out Willamette for Liberty. It was a 60 minute addition so hopefully it won't matter.
I didn't have C60 and I used C 40.
I screwed up a couple of the hop additions and had to average out what seemed would work on the fly. It still looks like it will a brown beer of some kind.
Beersmith threw me a curve when getting the pre-boil gravity. I had never used the program for a partial mash and when i took my post mash sample it was very low compared to the estimate pre-boil gravity. I added dme to compensate and then went ahead with the boil. Step one of the boil was to add the the dme originally called for in partial mash recipe. I had just added an extra 1.5 #s of DME to bring up the SG. I think that Beersmith was assuming the SG had the boil extract added already for the SG.
After all was said and done I raised the FG from 4.7 to 6.2 by adding the extra extract.
I think it should still ok. I'll have to wait 6-7 weeks to find out.
Don't sweat the substitutions. I do it all the time, particularly with bittering hops. I also use different crystals or dark malts for what I have on hand.
Making beer and stew for the Zombie Apocalypse.
Never mind, there it is.
Thanks John.
I'm starting to learn that I don't have to follow recipes slavishly. i'm developing a sense for what various ingredients add to a beer and how they can be altered or tweaked. I've learned a lot over the last year from reading and following the brewers on this borg. Ray Daniels book" Designing Great Bears " has been a big help. It's nice to learn something new.
Only thing I would change is I would hold out another 5 or 10 minutes before adding the whirfloc. 15 minutes is too long to boil that stuff. 5 or 10 is better if you want it to be effective.
No expert on recipes, but I noted that the quantity of hops for this 5 gallon recipe is quite a bit different than the Caribou Slobber recipe at Northern or the Moosedrool Clone recipe at AHB. For 5 gallon recipes, first one uses 1 oz of US Goldings (60), 1 oz Liberty (45), and 1 oz Willamette (15). AHB's recipe uses 1 oz EKG (60), 1 oz Liberty (15 and at flameout) and 1/2 oz Willamette (5). For what it's worth, I use EKG for 60, Liberty for 25, and Willamette for 15 - all 1 oz for 5 gallons. We love it. Hope you enjoy yours!
I have over 9,000 posts on "another forum", which means absolutely nothing. Mr. Beer January 2014 Brewer of the Month with all the pomp and circumstance that comes with it...
Certificate in Brewing and Distillation Technology
Beers I regularly brew:
Bell's Best Brown clone
Irish Hills Red - I call this "Ann Arbor Red"
Mackinac Island Red - I call this "Michigan Red"
Oatmeal Stout - I call this Not Fat, Stout - Oatmeal Stout
Bottled 5 gallons of Ann Arbor Red on 4/18/17. Bottled 5 gallons of Michigan Red on 5/8/17.
Brewed in 2017 - 22.13 gallons (19.91 in 2012, 48.06 in 2013, 61.39 in 2014, 84.26 in 2015,46.39 in 2016)
Brewed in lifetime - 282.14 gallons
Drinkable beer on hand - 13.58 cases, with 6.11 cases ready in May and early June.
Average cost per 12 pack through all beer brewed - $6.27(ingredients only)
RickBeer wrote:No expert on recipes, but I noted that the quantity of hops for this 5 gallon recipe is quite a bit different than the Caribou Slobber recipe at Northern or the Moosedrool Clone recipe at AHB. For 5 gallon recipes, first one uses 1 oz of US Goldings (60), 1 oz Liberty (45), and 1 oz Willamette (15). AHB's recipe uses 1 oz EKG (60), 1 oz Liberty (15 and at flameout) and 1/2 oz Willamette (5). For what it's worth, I use EKG for 60, Liberty for 25, and Willamette for 15 - all 1 oz for 5 gallons. We love it. Hope you enjoy yours!
Thanks for checking out my recipe. I am making a 2.5 gallon batch. I remember reading that you really like Moose Drool.
I put the Northern Brewer recipe into Beersmith and scaled it down and subbed out a few ingredients.
This is the second try at a Moose Drool clone and I've not gotten it right yet. I hope what I made is a least a decent beer.
Typo, I meant for your 2.5 gallon batch. Less than half the hops.
I make it from extract.
I have over 9,000 posts on "another forum", which means absolutely nothing. Mr. Beer January 2014 Brewer of the Month with all the pomp and circumstance that comes with it...
Certificate in Brewing and Distillation Technology
Beers I regularly brew:
Bell's Best Brown clone
Irish Hills Red - I call this "Ann Arbor Red"
Mackinac Island Red - I call this "Michigan Red"
Oatmeal Stout - I call this Not Fat, Stout - Oatmeal Stout
Bottled 5 gallons of Ann Arbor Red on 4/18/17. Bottled 5 gallons of Michigan Red on 5/8/17.
Brewed in 2017 - 22.13 gallons (19.91 in 2012, 48.06 in 2013, 61.39 in 2014, 84.26 in 2015,46.39 in 2016)
Brewed in lifetime - 282.14 gallons
Drinkable beer on hand - 13.58 cases, with 6.11 cases ready in May and early June.
Average cost per 12 pack through all beer brewed - $6.27(ingredients only)
Yes, the hops are all off. I don't know what I was thinking. I have to double check these recipes before I fire up the stove!
That's why I called it Goose Stool instead off Moose Drool.
Who knows what this will be like. It is high in the ABV. The color is a little too light and the hops are wrong. Oh well. I think it still barely falls into the American Brown Ale class.
This is why I only brew 2.5 gallons.
