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Recipe: Ralph's Summer Ale
Brewer: Roger
Asst Brewer: Ralph the Wonderdog
Style: American Wheat or Rye Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 5.70 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.20 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.049 SG
Estimated Color: 3.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 47.7 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 72.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
6 lbs Brewer's Malt, 2-Row, Premium (Great Wes Grain 1 66.7 %
3 lbs White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 2 33.3 %
1.00 oz Wakatu (Hallertau Aroma) [5.30 %] - Firs Hop 3 23.5 IBUs
1.00 oz Wakatu (Hallertau Aroma) [5.30 %] - Boil Hop 4 7.8 IBUs
2.00 oz Wakatu (Hallertau Aroma) [5.30 %] - Stee Hop 5 16.4 IBUs
1.0 pkg Workhorse Beer Yeast (Mangrove Jack's #M Yeast 6 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 9 lbs

You'll let us know how you like that hop in this I hope.

Like the hops but am more curious about that yeast.

Have you tried those hops before Paul? I am very curious about the yeast myself. I think I may have picked up some phenol alcohol in Ralphs Lift Your Leg Wee Heavy. It did hit 75F during fermentation. I bought some Oskar Blues Old Chub which is a commercial version of a Scotch Ale. I am going to try them side by side and see if I am right or if it is my paranoid imagination.

There are so many variables in our process, such as temperature spikes, it's tough to nail down what may cause off-flavors, or, at least, different flavors/aromas/mouthfeel, etc.

This recipe looks darn good, though. Like Birdie, I'd be interested in knowing what you think of the hops.

No, I've not had those hops before and I've wanted to get some but need to reduce my stock first. From what I've read, it should be a good fit in that recipe.

Resurrecting an old thread, but I recently picked up 6oz of these hops for a steal. Anyone have experience with them? Gymrat (if you are still active), how did this beer turn out? I'm planning to run a small (5%ish) beer of a pretty light malt profile (thinking 90% 2 row, 10% Crystal 15l), probably dropping Magnum or Perle as the bitter, and then a mess of this in flavor/aroma/dryhop. I did this malt and hops bill with a couple other hops (Citra, Amarillo) and thought it was a fun way to showcase a single hop. I got both Wakatu and Challenger in this sale, so probably will do both in this fashion.

Roger is active on the Facebook Mash & Boil group if you want to find him there.