Help on a style, and recipe

[EvilDeadAsh]

I would really like to make a clone of Harpoon Dark (sometimes seen as Harpoon Munich Dark).

http://www.harpoonbrewery.com/index.cfm/page/Munich-Dark/pid/28509

The googles didn't yield any results, so I started poking around looking for recipes with the same style, and then I will tweak from there.

The problem I am running into is there seems to be some confusion or misnomer as to the style beer this actually is. Harpoon lists it as a Munich Dunkel, but the taste profile as well as the IBUs sound like it more closely fits a porter - going by BJCP style guidelines.

Seeing as one style will likely take ale yeast, and the other will need to be lagered, it will affect how I go about this.

I am (very) new to brewing, so only doing extract, or extract + specialty grains right now but looking for some guidelines on how to proceed, or a recipe that is somewhat close to this beer.

 

[pjlynn1982]

Have you checked out any clone brew books? Most if not all have both extract and all grain recipes

 

[Pie_Man]

The BJCP style guidelines list Harpoon Dark as a commercial example of a Munich Dunkel. Sorry, I don't have a clone recipe. I can guarantee you'll need Munich malt though.

 

[Jjandjab]

Not sure if you are still working on this clone given the age of the post, but I got a reply from harpoon today (11/17/2013) with the following basics

To make Harpoon Dark we use a blend of pale malt, Munich 10, Caramel 60, Caramel 80, Carapils (or dextrine), and Chocolate malt. We bitter it with Apollo and use Willamette for flavor and aroma.

I have not made up my own recipe before, but could use some help from folks building this brew. Thanks!