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SWMBO has asked me to brew this. It's interesting that the Sam Adams website states that it uses Hallertau Mittelfrueh and Tettnang Tettnanger as its hops, but this recipe has neither. I may try to substitute these for the ones the original clone calls for just to see how it compares. Below...

You can also purchase Black Barley off of Amazon. You will just have to crush it when your ready to brew.

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Didn't know you had to cool the samples below 100 degrees. :o That's the problem. I'll correct that in the future. Thanks for the help Yooper!!

I just brewed this recipe and I have a question. I almost hit my pre-boil SG: 1.044 should have been 1.046. But my post-boil SG: was 1.044 as well. Both were adjusted properly for temp. My boil started with 7 gallons and ended with 6 after the 60 minute boil. According to Brewsmith, I...

I used Lalvin 71B-1122. Started a little slow, but I think it was because the temperature was too low, 68F. I used a warmer and now the temp is holding around 76. It seems to be working well now.

Started my first attempt at making SP last night. Made my slurry out of Welch's white white grape juice a couple of days ago. Only a one gallon batch and it fermented out in two days. Pitched the slurry into the SP mix last night around 11pm. I already have some activity showing in the airlock.

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I finally poured a glass of the partial mash of this I did back in October last night. WOW!! Smooth, coffee overtones with the chocolate coming through on the back end. The head is creamy tan but not holding up as long as I had hoped. That could be because I didn't hit any of the target...

Excellent!! Thanks for the quick reply. I'll make the adjustments. I just looked and my LHBS has pale chocolate malt so I will use that. I don't know why I put in chocolate malt...:confused: I'll let you know how it turns out.

I really like this recipe but I am new to brewing and don't have the equipment yet to do an all grain batch. I did put this recipe into Brew Smith and had it convert it to a partial mash. Here is what it came up with: Recipe Type: Partial Mash Yeast: Wyeast 1335 Yeast Starter: Yes Batch...

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New to brewing. A co-worker introduced me to brewing a while back but decided to make wine for a while instead. For my birthday, my adult kids decided to get me a Kegerator. So now I'm making beer as well as wine. I have my first brew, a summer ale, in secondary. Should be ready to keg this...