
Cloning Guinness with Homebrew Challenge
04/19/22 • 45 min
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Martin Keen, the intrepid brewer of Homebrew Challenge, who brewed all 99 BJCP beer styles in 99 weeks comes to the pub this week for a lovely chat, and to add his Guinness Clone to our taplist.
This is a really fun chat about how Martin challenged himself to brew every week for 2 years, and how it developed the way he approaches brewing
Guinness Clone - 6 gallons
8 lbs Maris Otter (2.9 SRM) Grain
2 lbs Flaked Barley (1.4 SRM) Grain
1 lbs Roasted Barley (558.8 SRM) Grain
2.50 oz Fuggle Pellets [4.30 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop
1.0 pkg Irish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1084) Yeast
Steal a portion of the chilled wort (I took 24 oz form a 5 gallon batch) and place in a covered container in the fridge for 3 days. Boil for 10 minutes, cool, and add to the fermenter with the rest of the beer.
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Martin Keen, the intrepid brewer of Homebrew Challenge, who brewed all 99 BJCP beer styles in 99 weeks comes to the pub this week for a lovely chat, and to add his Guinness Clone to our taplist.
This is a really fun chat about how Martin challenged himself to brew every week for 2 years, and how it developed the way he approaches brewing
Guinness Clone - 6 gallons
8 lbs Maris Otter (2.9 SRM) Grain
2 lbs Flaked Barley (1.4 SRM) Grain
1 lbs Roasted Barley (558.8 SRM) Grain
2.50 oz Fuggle Pellets [4.30 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop
1.0 pkg Irish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1084) Yeast
Steal a portion of the chilled wort (I took 24 oz form a 5 gallon batch) and place in a covered container in the fridge for 3 days. Boil for 10 minutes, cool, and add to the fermenter with the rest of the beer.
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Youtuber Nikita Vorontsov, a homebrewer who brews beers inspired by DnD, comes to the pub to add his Best Beer Ever (Clickbaity As F**k) to the taplist.
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The Best Beer Ever (Clickbaity As F**k) - (6 gallons)
aka: Black Grog Ale - Belgian Table Beer - 3.2%
62% Pilsner Malt - (4.8lb)
14% Rye Malt - (1.1lb)
12% Malted Oats - (0.9lb)
12% Wheat Malt - (0.9lb)
16 IBU Styrian Goldings @ 60 - (1oz)
8 IBU Styrian Goldings @ 30 - (0.5oz)
Wyeast 3711 French Saison Yeast - (1pack)
Mash at 68C
Ferment at 21-23C
Carbonate to 3 Vol
The Homebrew Pub Housebeer (aka Shakesbeer) - 6 gallons
Grain:
7lb Maris Otter
12oz Biscuit Grain
12oz Light Crystal UK
Hops:
0.5oz Target (90 mins)
0.5oz East Kent Golding (5 mins)
English Ale Yeast
OG: 1.037
FG: 1.008
ABV: 3.8%
(listen to episode of Pop Culture Brews where this recipe comes from here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3qDHiOAaxKTxR4nVXeyflL)
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Jagged Little Pale w/ Ed from CA
Ed from CA joins me in the Pub to add his Jagged Little Pale to our taplist, and discuss how pubs are like "living museums". A really fun chat with a homebrewer who seems intent on making his brew life as hard as possible, all in the search of making great beer
Jagged Little Pale - 6 gallon
Grain:
12.5lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
1lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM)
0.75lb Viking Munich Light Organic (9.1 SRM)
0.75lb Wheat - Red Malt (Briess) (3.0 SRM)
0.57lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)
Hops:
0.75oz Horizon [12.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min
0.25oz Summit [17.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min
0.5oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 30.0 min
0.25oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min
1oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 0.0 min, 194.4 F
0.5oz Cascade [5.50 %] - 3.0 Days Before Bottling
0.5oz Chinook [13.00 %] - 3.0 Days Before Bottling
Yeast:
California Ale
Boil Time: 75 min
Est Original Gravity: 1.047 SG
\Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.6 %
Bitterness: 55.8 IBUs
Est Color: 8.0 SRM
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