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RedBEERd brewed up a Racer 5 clone today and I was there for back up. Piece of cake. It's getting easy when you're used to working together and the left hand knows what the right hand is doing.
We missed our OG by a few points but who the frack cares, it's beer and it's Speed Racer.

Nice, looking for follow ups on this.

Inkleg wrote:Nice, looking for follow ups on this.

The only follow up I can give right now is that it's gurgling like a SOB! It started literally within hours of capping the bucket Sunday about 3....then 6am Monday morn it was bubbling literally nonstop. Fortunately paul suggested we use a hose and bottle instead of an airlock for the first few days because 1) we actually got 6 gals of wort (usually we hit maybe 5+) and 2) we had a lot of yeast. No way would an airlock have handled that well. As of noon today its now gurgling every 1/2 second so it's still going balls to the wall.

Temp started at about 65 then actually went up to about 70 late yesterday before I threw everything I had at it and got it down to the mid 60's now. She's gonna stay there until I'm sure she's cleaned up. Likely will switch to airlock tomorrow if she slows down.

Of course, we made a slight variation to the recipe by adding a 'tad' more hops late and at flame out and of course we'll add a 'tad' more hops to the 5 day dry hopping.

But I wanted something not quite as hoppy as my usual just to keep me happy during football season till it gets cooler to make something (likely BLACK for our friends who like that stuff )

Out of curiosity - what's the recipe for this look like? Glad to hear the yeast is going to town!

While I have always read that Bear Republic, like many, many breweries, uses sugar in R5, so many people have sworn by this recipe (if its on the net, it's always true!) that this is the one we decided on.We added 3/4 oz cascade at flame out and will add a bit more to each dry hop shown as well. Not a huge amount that will affect the IBU's but will hopefully give us the nose we like and never seem to get enough of.

BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Racer 5 clone
Brewer:
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Amber Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0) Actual Mash temperature is 153

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 6.74 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.24 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 6.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.075 SG
Estimated Color: 6.0 SRM
Estimated IBU: 76.6 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 76.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 76.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
13 lbs 1.5 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 80.3 %
1 lbs 14.5 oz Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 11.7 %
12.0 oz Caramel Malt - 20L (Briess) (20.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.6 %
8.7 oz Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Grain 4 3.3 %
0.82 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 60. Hop 5 43.4 IBUs
1.09 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 20. Hop 6 19.5 IBUs
0.82 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 7 5.7 IBUs
0.55 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 2.3 IBUs
0.55 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 10. Hop 9 5.8 IBUs
0.3 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 10 -
0.55 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Day Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
0.55 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
0.55 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Dry Hop Hop 13 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: BIAB, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 16 lbs 4.7 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Saccharification Add 31.73 qt of water at 164.3 F 153.0 F 60 min
Mash Out Heat to 168.0 F over 7 min 168.0 F 10 min

Well hell, there's nothing in there to not like. I didn't realize they classified it as an amber. Interesting....
I actually saw their Pale Ale in the store the other day and almost grabbed one for my mixer but the sixer was already full. Guess it has a spot in the next one.

The amber part is likely PEBCAK (for those who don't know, "Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard") as I think my Beersmith defaults to amber. It's an IPA so, my bad.
Was that the XP Pale Ale? I'm not crazy about it but its certainly not bad. Their Hop Rod Rye is a fav of mine.

No, this is replacing the XP Pale Ale. I'll have to check Untappd to see if I tried while on the beer tour back in February.

Yum - I love Speed Racer the cartoon & I love Racer 5 Beer. I made a Speed Racer brew once called "Race Car Driver". Here's the label.

nice. Be careful tho, 'someone' may steal that

No problem if you want to use my label. I don't copyright my stuff.

Recipe please. I love that beer and am curious as to what is in it.

Roger, the one we used is shown in post #5. As mentioned, there are a few floating around forums and a few mention sugar being used which is possible but many more have said this recipe is damn close. We'll see in a few more weeks.

My goal is to compare it to a bomber of real Racer 5 several weeks down the line (after it's carbed well but before the hoppy aroma loses it's luster. Only problem is, we can no longer get R5 here in La. I was in TX early July and brought home a few but the one remaining will not be fresh by the time Speed Racer is ready so I may have to employ some friends to visit Kroger's and bring me some in Sept/Oct.

Regardless, we're a ways off but I'm very much looking forward to how it turns out. It took off like a Banshee with the starter paul made and finally last night quieted down so in another week and a half, I'll take a reading and see how it looks. Then it's dry hopping time.

I can get it just about anywhere out here. Drop me a note and we can coordinate getting a bomber or two out there.