Pliny the Younger
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:11 pm
by Barleyhogg
Does anyone have a clone/recipe for Pliny the Younger?
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 3:51 pm
by drewbage1847
Here's an unintentional beer that comes close to it.
http://maltosefalcons.com/recipes/20050402.php
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:47 pm
by Bugeater
Looks like a really tasty recipe. Vinnies actual recipe uses hop extract for most of the hops (per one of the shows he was on) because of the huge amount of hops. Based on my experience in brewing Pliny the Elder, plan on on an extra gallon for your batch size to allow for absorption of wort by the hops. i.e. if you want 5 gallons in the fermenter, convert Drew's recipe to a 6 or 6 and a half gallon batch size.
Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:46 pm
by macgruffus
BugeaterBrewing wrote:plan on on an extra gallon for your batch size to allow for absorption of wort by the hops
Amen Wayne. I didn't do this and ended up with
TOO DAMN LITTLE of my Pliny clone! The first time I did it was all whole hops and they were like a bunch of sponges. Next time I'm going to try using pellets
AND increase the batch size. Can't have too much of a great beer!
David