DIY BrewDog - Dead Pony Club

[BlackDuck]

Since I'm lucky enough to stop at BrewDog on my way home from work somedays, I've become a fan of their Dead Pony Club. It's a session pale ale and is very tasty. So I looked up the recipe on their DIY DOG publication. Although they give you the recipe, there is plenty left to the homebrewer's interpretation (especially hop schedule), so it's difficult to reproduce it exactly. I figure I might as well put this on the list of beers to brew. But I'm having a little issue with their stated mash schedule. First, here's the details and the recipe right from their publication:

Volume: 5 gallons
Boil Volume: 6.6 gallons
IBU: 35
ABV: 3.8%
Target FG: 1.012
Target OG: 1.040
SRM: 12.7
pH: 4.4
Attenuation: 70%
Mash at 144F for 75 minutes
Ferment at 66F

Malt:
Extra Pale - 2.79 kg; (6.14 lb)
Caramalt - .63 kg; (1.38 lb)
Crystal 150 - .19kg; (.41 lb)

Hops:
Simcoe - 5 gram at start
Citra - 5 gram at start
Simcoe - 5 gram at middle
Citra - 5 gram at middle
Simcoe - 50 gram dry hop
Citra - 75 gram dry hop
Mosaic - 62.5 gram dry hop

Yeast:
Wyeast 1056 - American Ale

So here's my dilemma, How in the hell can you get a FG of 1.012 if you mash for 75 minutes at 144F? I've run this through BeerSmith multiple times and can't get these numbers. At 144F, it wants to finish at like 1.007 (or close to that), which makes a huge difference for a session ale. And from drinking this a few times, it's not that dry. It has plenty of malt presence to it which leads me to believe that the 144 is a mistake in the publication and should be 154?? Any ideas??? I understand things are going to be different based on equipment and all, but that's a big difference.

Here's the recipe I've come up with. It's as close as I can get, but I'm mashing at 153.

BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: DIY DOG - Dead Pony Club
Brewer: Antler Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 8.64 gal
Post Boil Volume: 7.09 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.038 SG
Estimated Color: 8.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 34.1 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 68.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 76.5 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
7 lbs 6.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 78.2 %
1 lbs 13.0 oz Caramalt (Muntons) (15.0 SRM) Grain 2 19.2 %
4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -150L (150.0 SRM) Grain 3 2.6 %
0.25 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 4 10.1 IBUs
0.25 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 10.9 IBUs
0.25 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 21.0 min Hop 6 6.3 IBUs
0.25 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 21.0 min Hop 7 6.8 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 8 -
2.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
2.25 oz Mosaic [12.50 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
1.75 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 11 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 9 lbs 7.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 3.00 gal of water at 167.3 F 153.0 F 75 min

Sparge: Fly sparge with 6.77 gal water at 170.0 F
Notes:

[mashani]

Maybe they use floor malted / less modified grains.

[Inkleg]

It could be a typo. I'd mash at your 153 and roll with it.

[Beer-lord]

152-154 is pretty much the same so as Jeff said, 153 gets you there.
So, I may have to fly to your area one day (well a few days) and visit Punkland with you)

[BlackDuck]

Thanks fellas. I'm guessing the 144 is a typo too. I'll go with the 153 when I brew it.

And your more than welcome to fly on up for a visit. They aren't the only brewery around either.


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