Rough Wise Guy Ale

[Glynn Foster]

Most of my inspiration comes from sitting on the crapper, reading through a stash of BYO magazines. The latest issue has an article about Cloning beers, giving an example of Rogue Dead Guy Ale. This is nothing like it. The original called for 4kg Pale, 1.8kg Munich and 500g Carastan malt. Decided to break down the Munich and Carastan into Munich II, Vienna, Crystal and Melanoidin and a bit of Roast. 20 mins into the mash and god knows how it will turn out.

Rough Wise Guy Ale #11
10-B American Amber Ale
Author: Glynn Foster
Date: 26/09/09

Size: 19 L
Efficiency: 75.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Calories: 193.52 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.058 (1.045 - 1.060)
Terminal Gravity: 1.015 (1.010 - 1.015)
Color: 16.69 (10.0 - 17.0)
Alcohol: 5.72% (4.5% - 6.2%)
Bitterness: 40.0 (25.0 - 40.0)

Ingredients:
3.3 kg Maris Otter
0.6 kg Munich TYPE II
0.6 kg Vienna Malt
0.2 kg Crystal 150
0.150 kg Melanoidin Malt
0.1 kg Carapils®/Carafoam®
0.02 kg Roast Barley
20 g Pacific Jade (15.2%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
30 g Hallertau Aroma (6.8%) - added during boil, boiled 0.0 min
1.0 ea WYeast 1098 British Ale

Schedule:
Ambient Air: 21.11 °C
Source Water: 15.56 °C
Elevation: 0.0 m

00:03:00 Mash In - Liquor: 12.96 L; Strike: 80.05 °C; Target: 72.2 °C
00:03:00 Batch Sparge - First Runnings: 0.0 L sparge @ 75.6 °C, 0.0 min; Sparge 1: 9 L sparge @ 75.6 °C, 0.0 min; Spare 2: 9 L sparge @ 75.6 °C, 0.0 min; Total Runoff: 26.73 L

[JoKing]

They go on about CaraStan quite a bit over there - and no one over here knows what it is! It's equivalent to the 60 - 80EBC Caramalt from Bairds... (if you can find some).

[Reviled]

I thought CaraStan was just CaraPils??

[James P]

Caramalt / Carastan / Crystal / Caramel Malts are all in the same product range from Bairds. Carastan however, supposed carries a greater toffee flavour.. great for ales! :)

[Reviled]

See IMO ive allways found CaraPils to give off a massive toffee flavour, despite being told that its 'nuetral', I feel it is far from it!

[Stu McKinlay]

toffee or caramel? toffee to me is tending burnt, dark caramel.

[jt]

carapils = neutral for me, depends what's put with it that you might be tasting I guess ?