It's getting cold out as winter approaches and I decided its time to brew a "winter warmer." I decided I would try to replicate my favorite warmer Widmer Brothers Brrr. This Brrr Clone should be quite the treat. I decided to leave out the onomatopoeia and just explain to the drinker, F*CK It's Cold.
Ingredients:
- 11 lbs Light/Pale Malt Extract
- 2.0 oz. Simcoe (12.7% alpha-acid, whole leaf)
- 2.0 oz. Cascade (8.6% alpha-acid, whole leaf)
- 1.5 oz. Nugget (12-14% alpha-acid, whole leaf, home grown)
- White Labs California Ale Yeast (WLP001)
- 1 3/4 lb. Crystal Malt (10°L, Crushed)
- 1/4 lb. Crystal Malt (80°L, Crushed)
- 4 oz. German Melanoidin Malt (30°L, Crushed)
- 3 oz. Chocolate Malt (350°L, Crushed)
On Saturday October 16th I purchased the all my ingredients through Main Street
My friend Nick grew some Nugget Hops in his back yard and this
Hops/Ingredients Schedule:
Quantity | Ingredient | Boiled for |
1 oz. | Simcoe | Entire 60 min. Boil |
1 1/2 oz. | Nugget | Last 30 min. of boil |
1 oz. | Cascade | Last 20 min. of boil |
1 oz. | Simcoe | Last 15 min. of boil |
1 oz. | Cascade | Last 5 min. of boil |
I pitched the yeast, measure the OG, and sealed it up. (In acutality I sealed it up, remembered to check OG and then sealed it up again)
Original Gravity: 1.070
UPDATE:Today, October 29th, 2010 I transferred my F*CK It's Cold to the secondary after fermenting for a little less than 2 weeks. The results I am happy to say, were exceptional! After taking a gravity I began transferring to the secondary carboy to ferment. Near the end of the siphon the carboy was getting a pretty full, since I started with closer to 6 gallons, and I siphoned a couple of cups into a pint glass for sampling. The unfinished beer was in my opinion very close to Widmer Brrr. I am eager to see what the final result will be after secondary fermentation has completed. At around 6% Alcohol I think there is some further fermenting that needs to happen before it is ready to keg. Ill let it sit in the secondary for another week.
Gravity at Transfer: 1.024
Current Alcohol:
- ABW=105*(1.070-1.024)=4.83
- ABV=1.25*4.83=6.04%
Today, November 3, 2010 I kegged the F*ck It's Cold. Remeasuring the gravity to 1.022 i
FINAL BEER GRAVITY:
- ABW=105*(1.070-1.022)=5.04
- ABV=1.25*5.04=6.30%