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#35:  Barking Buddy (Best Bitter)
  • Named after our dog Buddy.
Chris Swingley 
10-Oct-2004

Recipe (for 5 gallons final volume)
7.0 pounds (78%) Crisp Maris Otter Pale Malt
1.0 pound (11%) American Munich 10L
1.0 pound (11%) American Munich 30L

1.0 ounces   U.S. Willamette whole hops, 4.5% AA (first wort hop)
1.1 ounces   U.S. Cascade whole hops, 5.8% AA (60 minutes)
1.0 ounces   U.S. Cascade whole hops, 5.8% AA (1 minute)

0.25 teaspoon   Irish Moss (15 minutes)

  • White Labs WLP022 Essex Ale Yeast, pitched at 68°F
  • Starter: 3 quart starter built up from a slant (20 ml -> 300 ml -> 3 quarts), cooled, decanted, warmed
  • Aeration: Drill aerator for two minutes after pitching, again three hours later

Water
  • Fairbanks city water
  • 36.5 quarts  water treated with:
    •  1 Campden tablet.
  • 13.5 quarts mash water treated with:
    • 4.0 grams Gypsum.
    • 1.1 ml 88% Lactic Acid.

Mash
  • 13.5 quarts water @ 157°F, grist ratio of 1.5 quarts:pound @ 148°F (Held 90 minutes)

Sparge
  • 23.0 quarts water @ 181°F, drain

Boil
  • Boiled 8.0 gallons for 85 minutes to yield 5.5 gallons wort

Fermentation
  • Primary: bucket, 7 days, 65°F, temperature from 63 - 66 degrees, 1.013 at transfer to secondary
  • Secondary: glass, 7 days, 64°F

Packaging
  • Kegged at 8 psi, 50°F (1.8 volumes CO2)
  • Conditioned for 8 weeks
  • Ready to drink on 18-Dec-2004

Properties
Starting Gravity: 1.044 Final Gravity: 1.011
Original Extract: 11.0°plato Apparent Extract: 2.81°plato
Real Extract: 4.35°plato
Alcohol: 4.3% by volume (3.4% by weight)
Apparent Attenuation: 74.3% Mash Efficiency: 73%
Bitterness: 30 IBU Color: 8 SRM
BU:SG: 0.68 BV: 1.41

Tasting Notes
  • 28-Nov-04 (7 weeks) -- Nice and clear, great copper color. Light, and easy to drink, but hop bitterness has a bit of strange bite to it that I can't put my finger on. Maybe the secondary fermentation was too short and there's still stuff in suspension. It probably needs to age another month.
  • 23-Jan-05 (15 weeks) -- Almost gone. Still have a soapy aftertaste that I think is due to the Cascade hops. Taiga dog has the same flaw. I think I may not like Cascade for much other than dry hopping.

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