Chris Swingley Michael Marchetti
1-Mar-1991
Recipe (for 5 gallons final volume)
5.0 | pounds | Dark Dry Malt Extract | |
5.0 | pounds | Light Dry Malt Extract | |
1.0 | pounds | Crystal Malt, 40L | |
14.0 | ounces | Chocolate Malt | |
14.0 | ounces | Roasted Barley | |
14.0 | ounces | Black Patent Malt | |
5.0 | pounds | Frozen red raspberries | |
2.0 | ounces | Eroica pellet hops, % AA (60 minutes) | |
0.5 | ounces | Eroica pellet hops, % AA (30 minutes) | |
0.5 | ounces | Hallertauer pellet hops, % AA (30 minutes) | |
2.0 | ounces | Cascade pellet hops, % AA (1 minutes) | |
- Wyeast #1007 (German Ale Yeast), pitched at 80°F
Water
- Davis City water
- 2.0 gallons water treated with:
- Boiled, cooled.
Mash
Sparge
Boil
- Boiled 2.0 gallons for 60 minutes to yield 1.75 gallons wort
Fermentation
- Primary: plastic, 3 days, 80°F, Added cold water to fill fermenter
- Secondary: glass, 32 days, 80°F
Packaging
- Bottled with 0.75 cups dextrose
Properties
Starting Gravity: 1.100 | Final Gravity: 1.023 |
Original Extract: 28.3°plato | Apparent Extract: 5.83°plato |
Real Extract: 10.30°plato | |
Alcohol: 10.2% by volume | (7.9% by weight) |
Apparent Attenuation: 75.5% | Mash Efficiency: |
Bitterness: 70 IBU | Color: 85 SRM |
BU:SG: 0.70 | BV: 1.39 |
Tasting Notes
- Opened first bottle (20 May): Excellent head. Raspberry aroma, very slight raspberry taste. Slightly sour (raspberry). Medium bitter finish. Overall quite smooth, creamy, rich. Very alcoholic. Quite spectacular -- and only a month and a half down the road!
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