Sunday, April 29, 2012

Speakeasy Prohibition Ale (clone) recipe

I have four friends who have expressed interest in learning how to all-grain homebrew - one of which plans to have his set-up running this summer.  He and his wife are serious and ready to plunge into the world of homemade beer.

I asked my local home brew shop, Oak Barrel in Berkeley, CA, to write up a recipe for a clone of Speakeasy Prohibition Ale.  On the spot they came up with this:

Grains:
12 lbs - American 2-Row
3 lbs - Munich
.5 lbs - Crystal 50-60
.5 lbs - Crystal 77 (note: I accidently poured in 1 lbs, which will result in a lighter colored beer)
.25 lbs - Victory

Hops:
1.5 oz Millenium @ 60 min
.5 oz Millenium @ 20 min
.5 oz Columbus @ 20 min
1.5 oz Columbus @ 0 min

Dry hop in secondary with 2 oz Cascade

Yeast:
Wyeast 1056

* Pitched yeast at 64 degrees.  Fermented in bathroom shower with temps of 69-75 degrees.  OG 1.082.

I expect the beer to be approximately 9% alcohol.

5/1/2012 update:
Specific gravity: 1.014
Pitched dry hops.
Beer will need to be filtered quite a bit.  It's lighter colored than Prohibition Ale by quite a lot.
Flavor wise the beer is a bit hoppy and a little bit sweet.

* It would have been wise to have used a "starter yeast" with the initial pitch.  I might have gotten the gravity down a little bit.  A starter yeast is always a smart thing to do with big beers.

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