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Dragons Blood Ale
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10-12-2004
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| For a 5 gallon batch:
3lbs of Amber DME
2.5 Lbs Dark DME
1lb Light dry DME
1lb crystal malt (60L)
1/2 oz Northern brewer pellets
2.5 oz cascade plugs
1 pkg Glenbrew brewers special (ale yeast)
3/4 cup dextrose for priming
start by steeping grains (156F) for 30 min in 1/2 gallon water
sparge with another 1/2 gallon at ~ 170F
pitch yeast to starter
start boil bring initial water volume to 2 gal
add DME and northern brewer pellets
boil 30 min and add 1oz cascade
boil 20 min add 1oz cascade
turn off heat and add 1/2 oz cascade
cool wort and strain into fermenter
at 75F pitch yeast
primary ferment for 6 days
rack to secondary for 10 days
prime and bottle
OG 1.058
FG 1.009
This brew really caught me off guard (it came about as I consolidated
the leftovers (DME) from a number of batches which did not use all 3
lbs of DME. The resulting brew was a real surprise (a pleasant one)).
The color was a very dark wine red (Dragon blood) and the taste was
as smooth as can be the brew cleared mostly in the secondary I think
if I added sour cherries to the wort (and cut back on the hops) I
would have something special here. All in all this was a great beer.
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