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Beach Chalet Old Ale Recipe

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Beach Chalet Old Ale Recipe

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:17 pm
by BrewcasterPlise
Drop Aron Dorsey a thank you email for this clone recipe of his old ale: brewery@beachchalet.com

Deorsey XXX Old Ale

Malt/Adjuncts Amount
Pale 9.5 #
Crystal 77 1 #
Briess Victory 1 #
Chocolate Malt 2 oz
Dextrose 2 #
Brown Sugar 0.5 #

Hops Amount
UK Fuggle (pellets) [90 min] 0.066 (% AA) oz
UK Fuggle (pellets) [20min] 0.025 (% AA) oz

Single-infusion mash temp should be around 158*F to yield dextrinous wort from alpha amylase activity.
Boil for 90 minutes.
To determine hop addition amounts, divide the numbers from above by the % Alpha Acids in the hops you are using. For example, for the first addition at the beginning of the boil, if you are using Fuggle hops with 4.4 % AA, then add 1.5 oz (0.066 0.044 = 1.5).
There are only two hop additions; one at the beginning of boil and one 20 minutes from the end of boil.
Add the dextrose and brown sugar the last 10-15 minutes of boil.
The final boil volume should be at 5 gal.
Ferment at 70*F to encourage ester production.
We use White Labs 00l California Ale yeast, but it would be interesting to see this fermented with an English Ale yeast instead.
Age for 1-2 months at 33*F or as cold as your system permits. (Historically this beer style was aged for at least one year).

Specifications:
OG: 1.080-1.084
FG: 1.018-1.020
Alcohol: ~9 % abv
SRM: 35
IBU’s: 36


:drink

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:05 am
by Gucci Pilot
Thanks Aron, for giving us your recipe. I can't wait to try it out. Thanks again, for giving us the recipe in a 5 gallon batch instead of a 50 gallon batch. :wink:

Ahem.....Jon.


Darin

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:37 am
by Ozbrewer
apart from a over inflated ego, what else is needed to brew 50 gal batches

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 7:54 am
by Homegrown Hops
Thanks Aron, I will be at the Beach Chalet to try out this recipe on Saturday January 21.

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:16 am
by hopbumpingbrewer
That recipe makes a great foundation for a personal recipe. It is guys like Aron that give homebrewers the edge they need to make a better beer.

TBN is great. Thanks Plise for all your time and efforts.

Carlo

p.s. Did you know that nothing in that recipe could make a 36 SRM. That is nearly black. I would have to add .75# of 500 Lovibond Black Patent malt in order to make that happen. Just something I noticed.
My calculations came to 17 SRM. And I think that might be a little high.

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