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Eric the Red
19 L, all-grain
OG = 1.052 FG = 1.011 IBU = 29 SRM = 23 ABV = 5.2%
A bold version of an Old World beer style, influenced by "wild" hops from the new found land.
Ingredients
4.5 kg British pale ale malt (3 °L)
85 g crystal malt (90 °L)
198 g roasted barley (300 °L)
8 AAU Columbus hops (60 mins) (19 g of 12% alpha acids)
White Labs WLP001 (California Ale) or Fermentis US-05 dried yeast (1 L starter for liquid yeasts)
Step by Step
Mash at 67 °C. Boil for 90 minutes, adding hops with 1 hour left in boil. Chill the wort rapidly to 19 °C, let the break material settle, rack to the fermenter and aerate thoroughly. Pitch the yeast. Ferment at 19 °C.