Ballantine's Xxx

[NeilArge]

G'day all

Has anyone had a crack at the recipe for Ballantine's XXX in the May-June Brew Your Own mag? I'm going to have a go at it but just wondered if anyone else had done this and, if so, what they thought of it.

Cheers

ToG

 

[NeilArge]

G'day all

Has anyone had a crack at the recipe for Ballantine's XXX in the May-June Brew Your Own mag? I'm going to have a go at it but just wondered if anyone else had done this and, if so, what they thought of it.

Cheers

ToG

Sounds :unsure: like that's a no...

Anyway, here's the recipe. Any helpful suggestions cheerfully accepted. The hops below come from HopsDirect - great service, so can't wait to see how fresh the hops are.

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Ballantine's best
Brewer: Neil
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 22.00 L
Boil Size: 25.18 L
Estimated OG: 1.066 SG
Estimated Color: 13.4 EBC
Estimated IBU: 34.6 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.17 kg Pale Malt, Traditional Ale (Joe White) (5.Grain 66.91 %
1.27 kg Corn, Flaked (2.6 EBC) Grain 20.45 %
0.52 kg Munich, Light (Joe White) (17.7 EBC) Grain 8.36 %
0.27 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (39.4 EBC) Grain 4.28 %
32.42 gm Cluster [7.00 %] (60 min) Hops 22.1 IBU
32.77 gm Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
16.21 gm Brewer's Gold [8.00 %] (25 min) Hops 8.8 IBU
24.31 gm Brewer's Gold [8.00 %] (5 min) Hops 3.8 IBU
1.16 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [StartYeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 6.23 kg
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Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 18.69 L of water at 71.5 C 66.0 C

ToG

 

[browndog]

I brewed it back when the edition came out, the corn was there, but I was a little underwhelmed with the hop flavour and if I brewed it again, I'd up the late hops by 25% or so.

cheers

Browndog

 

[NeilArge]

I brewed it back when the edition came out, the corn was there, but I was a little underwhelmed with the hop flavour and if I brewed it again, I'd up the late hops by 25% or so.

cheers

Browndog

Cheers Browndog. I'll follow that advice. I floated the original post across the folks on the Northern Brewer forum and someone who has brewed the recipe many times before said that I'd never replicate the original flavour without hop oil so you are obviously on to something. As an APA, did it remind you of any other beer?

Cheers

ToG

 

[browndog]

Cheers Browndog. I'll follow that advice. I floated the original post across the folks on the Northern Brewer forum and someone who has brewed the recipe many times before said that I'd never replicate the original flavour without hop oil so you are obviously on to something. As an APA, did it remind you of any other beer?

Cheers

ToG

Without the maize it could be any old APA, but with the maize standing out in the malt profile there is not really much to compare it to other than a Classic American Pilsener. I'd be inclined to have a flameout addition of cascade as well as the dry hop.

cheers

Browndog

 

[NeilArge]

Without the maize it could be any old APA, but with the maize standing out in the malt profile there is not really much to compare it to other than a Classic American Pilsener. I'd be inclined to have a flameout addition of cascade as well as the dry hop.

cheers

Browndog

Cheers Browndog - much appreciated.

ToG