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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