Blackhawk Black Ale
Brewed: 05/09/2010 Bottled: 05/25/2010
 New Belgium Brewery makes a great beer called 1554 Enlightened Black Ale, and I had seen quite a few posts of people who were going to make a clone of the beer. This idea appealed to me and I decided to make my own black ale. I already had my Phat & Tyred Ale recipe, which has started out as a Fat Tire clone, and I decided that instead of copying one of the existing recipes I would use the same grain bill and yeast, but simply darken it up with chocolate and black patent malt. For hops, I decided to use columbus because I had used it a few times and really enjoyed the aroma. The resulting beer turned out just fantastic. There is something about 1554 that is not quite there in my beer, but I still considered Blackhawk Black one of my best.
Batch #2 is slightly different. I cut down on the chocolate malt and instead of 4 oz Crystal 75, I used 6 oz Crystal 120. This should give the beer a little more fruity raisin taste which may bring it closer to the 1554. I also replaced my flavor hop of columbus with saaz to give the hop flavor a less citrusy character. The bittering still comes mostly from columbus.
| BlackHawk Black Ale --- cost $14.53 |
| Style |
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Belgian Specialty Ale |
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Batch Size |
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2.40 gal |
| Type |
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Partial Mash |
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Boil Size |
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1.92 gal |
Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity |
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1.060 SG |
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Estimated FG |
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1.015 SG |
| Recipe Bitterness |
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31.4 IBU (Rager) |
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Alcohol by Volume |
|
5.91 % |
| BU : GU |
|
0.521 |
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| Recipe Color |
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25.3 SRM |
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| Measured OG: |
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1.066 |
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Measured FG: |
|
1.017 |
| ADF: |
|
74% |
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Measured ABV: |
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6.4% |
Ingredients
| Amount |
Item |
Type |
% or IBU |
| 2 lbs |
Briess Pilsen Light LME (2.0 SRM) |
Extract |
43.24 % |
| 12.0 oz |
Briess Wheat LME (3.0 SRM) |
Extract |
16.22 % |
| 12.0 oz |
Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) |
Grain |
16.22 % |
| 6.0 oz |
Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) |
Grain |
8.11 % |
| 4.0 oz |
Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) |
Grain |
5.41 % |
| 4.0 oz |
Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) |
Grain |
5.41 % |
| 4.0 oz |
Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) |
Grain |
5.41 % |
| 0.25 oz |
Columbus [14.20 %] (60 min) |
Hops |
28.4 IBU |
| 0.25 oz |
Pearle [7.50 %] (10 min) |
Hops |
3.0 IBU |
| 0.25 tsp |
Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min) |
Misc |
|
| 0.50 gm |
Seeds of Paradise (Boil 5.0 min) |
Misc |
|
| 0.50 tsp |
Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 min) |
Misc |
|
| 1.50 oz |
Raisons (Boil 5.0 min) |
Misc |
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| 1 Pkgs |
American Ale II (Harvested) (Wyeast Labs #1272) [Starter 125 ml]
[Cultured] |
Yeast-Ale |
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Mash Profile
Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
| Step Time |
Name |
Description |
Step Temp |
| 45 min |
Mash In |
Add 2.34 qt of water at 170.5 F |
158.0 F |
Batch Sparge Round 1: Sparge
with 0.65 gal of 168.0 F water
Batch Sparge Round 2: Sparge with 1.01 gal of
168.0 F water
Recipe Notes
Harvested yeast from Phat &
Tyred Ale http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_yeaststrain_detail.cfm?ID=11
Ferment 1
week ~65F followed by 1 week ~72F
Batch prime with 2.25 oz table sugar boiled
in 1 cup water.
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