Old Number 9 Ale
I’m making this recipe tomorrow. I adapted the recipe from the book Clone Brews by Tess Szamatulski. What happened was, I bought the ingredients to do their all-grain version of the recipe, then I had 2 bad all-grain batches in a row. Also, my propane burner broke, so even if I wanted to take a chance with it, I couldn’t.
The crushed grain has been sitting in a sealed bag in my basement for months now, so I’m a bit worried. I think everything will turn out, although I don’t know how much of a clone recipe it’s really going to be.
Recipe: Old Number 9 Ale Brewer: Ryan Muldowney Style: Fruit Beer TYPE: Partial Mash
Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 5.00 gal   Boil Size: 4.08 gal Estimated OG: 1.055 SG Estimated Color: 7.6 SRM Estimated IBU: 22.9 IBU Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0 % Boil Time: 60 MinutesÂ
Ingredients: ------------ Amount       Item                                     Type        % or IBU   3 lbs 8.0 oz Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM)        Dry Extract 45.9 %     8.0 oz       Wheat Dry Extract (8.0 SRM)              Dry Extract 6.6 %      2 lbs 12.0 oz Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM)         Grain       36.0 %     8.0 oz       Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)    Grain       6.6 %      6.1 oz       White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM)               Grain       5.0 %      1.50 oz      Tettnang [4.30%] (60 min)               Hops        18.9 IBU   0.25 oz      Cascade [5.50%] (15 min)                Hops        2.0 IBU    0.25 oz      Williamette [5.50%] (15 min)            Hops        2.0 IBU    1.00 tsp     Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min)               Misc                    2.00 oz      Apricot Extract (Secondary 2.0 weeks)    Misc                    1 Pkgs       American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056)         Yeast-Ale              Â
Mash Schedule: Mini-mash Total Grain Weight: 3.63 lb ---------------------------- Name              Description                        Step Temp    Step Time  Mash In           Add 10.37 qt of water at 161.9 F   155.0 F      45 min   Â
Posted: November 4th, 2006 under Homebrewing.
Comments: 2
Comments
Comment from ryser2k
Time: December 6, 2006, 5:07 pm
I tasted this beer at bottling and it was awesome! My only gripe was that even with all 2 ounces of apricot extract, I could barely taste it. I’d rather have too little than too much though, I think the real #9 has a bit too much apricot flavor.
This weekend will be two weeks in the bottle, so I look forward to trying a fully carbed version. I might not make it that long though, I’m running out of commercial brews!
Comment from ryser2k
Time: December 18, 2006, 1:46 pm
It’s been in the bottle for like 3 weeks now, and I am afraid it actually tastes worse at this point. I don’t know if there was a problem with my bottle sanitation, but this beer might have to be dumped. There’s just some slight off flavor which ruins it.
I don’t think I will make this same recipe again.
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