After taking a bit of a brewing break for a few months I decided it was time to come back with something unique and manly. When I think of manly I think of three things; Beer, Chew & Bacon. Since the first one is automatically included, I passed it over. My Smoked Stout is basically liquid chew spit so I checked that off the list. That leaves one thing, bacon!
Sticking with the whole bacon theme I thought that I would just make this beer somewhat breakfast themed. I want to do an Imperial Stout of some kind and I’ll add some oatmeal to the mash and maple syrup to the boil to solidify the whole breakfast thing. Then in the secondary I’m going to add approximately an ounce of toasted American oak that I’ve had soaking in bourbon for about 2 weeks. Everything else is fairly straight forward. I want a light chocolate/coffee thing underneath without being too harsh or roasted/charred. I’m not 100% sure how much of the bacon will actually come through with all these big flavors it’ll be fun finding out.
Brewed on April 15th 2010
Recipe
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Batch Size – 2.5 Gallons
Boil Size – 3.6 Gallons
Total Grains – 11.3 lbs
Total Fermentables – 12.05 lbs
Anticipated OG - 1.113
Boil Time - 90 min
Bitterness – 69.5 IBU's
Grains
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9.0lbs Maris Otter (2.28 SRM) – 74.7%
0.5lbs Cara-Pils (0.05 SRM) – 4.1%
0.3lbs Crystal 120 (2.60 SRM) – 2.5%
0.5lbs Black Malt (18.08 SRM) – 4.1%
0.5lbs Chocolate Malt (12.65 SRM) – 4.1%
0.5lbs Oats Raw (0.08 SRM) – 4.1%
0.75lbs Maple Syrup (1.9 SRM) – 6.2%
Hops
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0.5oz Northern Brewer (8.0% Pellet) – 120 min
0.5oz Northern Brewer (8.0% Pellet) – 30 min
1.0oz Willamette (5.0% Pellet) – 15 min
Yeast
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Wyeast 1056 American Ale (73-77%, 60-72%)
Extras
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1.5 tsp Wyeast Nutrient – 5 min
1 tsp Irish Moss – 5 min
Id cook up some more bacon to extract the flavor from, there isnt really a thing as too much bacon
ReplyDeleteCan do! I'm a little bummed about not being able to use the Everclear but I'll have to make due.
ReplyDeleteI'm also really interested to see what this bacon flavored alcohol tastes like.
This looks like the perfect beer for a frigid winter like this. If you still check back to this blog I would love to know how this beer turned out for you.
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