Brewing an Accidental American Strong Ale | Grain to Glass
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- čas přidán 4. 09. 2019
- In this video, I show you how to brew a American Strong Ale. This video covers the recipe, the brew, the fermentation and the final tasting. Initially this was supposed to be an Imperial (Double) Red IPA, but since the brew itself was a bit shoddily thrown together, the result was darker and maltier than I had intended, muting the hops and resulting in a style change. This beer was INTENSE, with a lot of alcohol and bitterness which required a bit of aging. Regardless, it was an interesting brew, although not my best. I would change a lot about this beer and will probably try for the Imperial Red IPA at some point in the future again with the lessons learned from this beer.
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The recipe is below, your efficiency may vary:
"Peace Through Superior Firepower"
9.1% ABV 110 IBU
10.5 lb 2-Row malt
4 lb Munich
0.75 lb Caramel 60
0.5 lb Caramel 120
0.5 lb Carapils
0.1 lb Chocolate malt
1.5 lb Table Sugar
Single Infusion Mash at 150 for 90 min
Water (ppm): Ca: 78, Mg: 22, Na: 65, SO4: 245, Cl: 100, HCO3: 36
60 minute boil:
60 min - Add 0.5 oz Simcoe (13.4% AA) and 0.5 oz Chinook (12.9% AA)
30 min - Add 0.5 oz Simcoe (13.4%), 0.5 oz Chinook (12.9% AA), 0.5 oz Amarillo (8.9% AA)
10 min - Add 0.5 oz Simcoe (13.4%), 0.5 oz Chinook (12.9% AA), 0.5 oz Amarillo (8.9% AA) yeast nutrient, whirlfloc
Whirlpool 1 oz Simcoe (13.4%), 1 oz Chinook (12.9% AA), 1 oz Amarillo (8.9% AA) for 20 min at 170F
OG: 1.078
2 packets rehydrated US-05
Ferment at 65-68 for 1-3 weeks, then keg and allow a brief aging period for a few weeks
FG: 1.010
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I realized after upload I confused Cascade for Chinook in the final clip. Please disregard, no Cascade was used!
I like that you took a risk on this! Definitely learning from my not perfect brews too
Looks great for the winter!
I think it will hit the spot as things start to get cold this year. Cheers!
Love the name! With it being bitter, I wonder if throwing a pinch of table salt in the glass would help cut some of that.
I'd leave it until Christmas!
Great video Steve. Looked like fun to brew!
Sure was, even at 1:30 AM haha
Recently subscribed, great content! Im a home brewer myself! Building up the basement brewery slowly but surely!
Consider me jealous! Basement brewery is the dream, but then I suppose I'd have to change the channel name lol
Great video, as always. I appreciate the honesty and self-criticism. I'd be curious to hear how this beer changed over time if you were able to bottle-age it, whether it mellowed some, etc.
Sadly this beer did not get aged, but it would have been a good candidate!
Yay!! New video. Keep up up.
Thanks for the support, cheers!
Sounds like a great recipe!
Thank you, hopefully it mellows out even more. Cheers!
Do you think ending up less dry would have helped the beer? Thinking about that 1.5lb of sugar...
Possibly so, something to try next time!
Awesome brewday and love to see the review on the result, really appreciate the honesty. I have to say it sounds like the kind of beer that I’d appreciate too!
Just tried to brew my first IIPA yesterday and missed my intended SG by .010 😒 always working on improving though right!
I'm really hoping it gets smoother over time. Over or under on the gravity? Efficiency always gets wonky with big beers for me.
TheApartmentBrewer under, so I’m just going to call it a 1.5 IPA I think! I’ve got worse problems today and managed to snap my hydrometer just before taking OG on a big stout I’d just carboyed... winning!
My red ipa came out quite mehhh
Nice video
Cheers Steve
I'd still drink it! Cheers Jesse
Hey man, love your content.
Did you ever think about upgrading to a 2 vessel system with your kettle as hot water tank / boil kettle and a beverage cooler as a mash tun with your bag in it?
Definitely been considering it! I'm just not sure if the pros outweigh the cons for buying and figuring out how to store yet another vessel.
Interesting hearing you talk about aging. Can you age in bottles the way that you age in kegs?
Sometimes, depending on the beer style it will have different effects. I've keg conditioned beers before as if they were one giant bottle and its been pretty similar in the long run. Sometimes that's really good for Belgian beers or hefeweizens
Keep it up mate. I've brewed ur Chrisdropel, which I've named in beersmith. The spices doesn't shine through at the moment. Mine have awfully much clove taste, did ur also have intense clove taste, and did it decrease over aging? Skål 🍺 Keep it up, I really enjoy ur content
Awesome! Yeah that beer needs some time. Let it sit and it will be rewarding. Clove sounds like a yeast ester to me, might have fermented that yeast a bit cool? Time heals all big beers though. Cheers!
can we boil it with the lid covered to avoid water loss to some extent or is it necessary to leave it open? i mean i know that it will still loose some water when covered but it will be less.
Boiling with the lid on will severely increase the production of an off flavor known as DMS - dimethyl sulfide. Tastes like corn/rotten vegetables. You can get away with leaving the lid cracked or partially open, but I dont advise closing it entirely.
Never knew his name was Steve. Watched so many of his videos and this is the first time he's said his name. I'm very surprised he is a Steve. I expected something else.
Aromas cascade ? Not in your hop list lol great vid tho
Thanks haha, I meant Chinook but it's been a few months since I looked at the recipe. Caught it after I uploaded it but I'm not about to go redo several hours of work for that.
why do you use a muslim bag for hops?
Keeps things from clogging and makes cleanup a bit easier