Sam Adams Summer Ale Clone Recipe?

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I have a bottled batch of their Boston Ale coming ready this Friday!!! Homebrew will test a man's patience like nothing on this earth.
 
Here's a partial mash/extract recipe that came out really well:

Sam Summer Clone

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 2.43 gal
Estimated OG: 1.054 SG
Estimated Color: 6.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 25.4 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
------------
Amount Item Type % or IBU
2 lbs Wheat Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 25.81 %
3 lbs 4.0 oz Pale Liquid Extract [Boil for 15 min] Extract 41.94 %
1 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 12.90 %
1 lbs Wheat, Torrified (1.7 SRM) Grain 12.90 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 6.45 %
1.00 oz Hallertauer [4.00 %] (60 min) Hops 13.7 IBU
1.00 oz Hallertauer [4.00 %] (30 min) Hops 7.0 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1.00 oz Lemon Zest (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1.00 gm Seeds of Paradise (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) Yeast-Ale
 
JLEM
I'm going to try you Sam Summer Clone recipe this weekend and was wondering what you did for the fermenting and bottling times.
All comments appriciated.

Kozwald
 
Kozwald said:
JLEM
I'm going to try you Sam Summer Clone recipe this weekend and was wondering what you did for the fermenting and bottling times.
All comments appriciated.

Kozwald
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I'm not 100% sure on the times for this beer, but I doubt I deviated far from my standard 3 weeks in the fermenter and at least 3 weeks in the bottle. If you have a good fermentation, you could easily pull the fermenter time back to 2 weeks.

I really enjoyed this beer. I should convert the recipe to all grain and brew it again. Let me know how yours turns out. :mug:
 
I was thinking about fermenting for 2 weeks in plastic and a second 2 weeks in glass. Maybe I'll simply do 3 weeks in glass.

This batch should be ready around the 1st of June. I'll post the results.
 
Just did:

5 lbs. Pils
3.5 lbs. Wheat Malt
1 lb. Flaked Wheat
1/2 lb. carapils

1/2 oz. Hallertau (4%) @ 60
1/2 oz. @ 20
1/2 oz. @ 10
1/2 oz. @ 5

1 oz. Lemon Zest @ 10 (about 2 large lemons)
5 grams Grains of Paradise @ 5

Mashed at 152 overnight, 90 minute boil, wlp29 1.75 qt. starter.
OG: 1.052
 
BBQnBrew said:
Anyone have a recipe that is a clone of Sam Adams Summer Ale?
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I did the ASH summer ale clone a couple weeks ago it was all grain
this is what they sent me

6 Lbs 2-row
4 lbs White Wheat Malt
1 oz of Tettnang hop (@60)
.5 oz Tettnang hops (@15)
.5 oz Tettnang hops (@5)
.5 oz Paradise Seed (@15)
I used Wyeast American Ale II #1272
Also Lemon Zest from 5 lemons (@10)
i added .5lbs of cara-pils/Dextrine this did not come with kit

I let it set in the primary for 14 days it was at 1.012
so i rack to secondary for clearing and i hope it will drop to 1.010
 
JLEM
I saw you posted another recipe that used only DME and not the LME. Which of the two recipes would you recommend? I was thinking that the less extract and more grain would be better, but wanted your opinion.

Also, what temp was your sparge? I'm assuming you mashed for 60 mins @ 152°?

Thanks so much for the recipe!
 
PSUbrewer79 said:
JLEM
I saw you posted another recipe that used only DME and not the LME. Which of the two recipes would you recommend? I was thinking that the less extract and more grain would be better, but wanted your opinion.

Also, what temp was your sparge? I'm assuming you mashed for 60 mins @ 152°?

Thanks so much for the recipe!
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I'd sub out extract for as much grain as you can - I believe the 2nd recipe you are referring to involved a brewer who had the capacity to partial mash more grain, so I simply removed the LME and subbed in more grain. How much grain can you handle?

60 min @ 152°F sounds about right for the mash, though you could probably get away with going with a lower temp.
 
Thanks! I kinda figured that's what it was. I can handle more grain. That's not an issue. I usually start out with 2 gallons then sparge in another gallon after the mash and start my boil.
 
JLem said:
Here's a partial mash/extract recipe that came out really well:

Sam Summer Clone

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 2.43 gal
Estimated OG: 1.054 SG
Estimated Color: 6.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 25.4 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
------------
Amount Item Type % or IBU
2 lbs Wheat Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 25.81 %
3 lbs 4.0 oz Pale Liquid Extract [Boil for 15 min] Extract 41.94 %
1 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 12.90 %
1 lbs Wheat, Torrified (1.7 SRM) Grain 12.90 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 6.45 %
1.00 oz Hallertauer [4.00 %] (60 min) Hops 13.7 IBU
1.00 oz Hallertauer [4.00 %] (30 min) Hops 7.0 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1.00 oz Lemon Zest (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1.00 gm Seeds of Paradise (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) Yeast-Ale
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This recipe looks delicious, question though before I attempt this. I'm really new to brewing so I was just wondering what you did for bottling, did you add priming sugar? Also, at what temp do you add the yeast?
 

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