Lw Lees Harvest Ale Clone

[BJCP Education Director]

For any of you that have had JW Lees Harvest ale know that it is spectacular. Ive spent about 5 tries to clone it and this is nearly right on. You can substitute some extract for the grain b/c there is SOOOOO much of it. Just be sure to have all the specialty grains in the mash.


19b-UK Bwine - Bleedin LUvely

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 15.00 Wort Size (Gal): 15.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 88.00
Anticipated OG: 1.161 Plato: 36.40
Anticipated SRM: 18.0
Anticipated IBU: 120.3
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 120 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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56.8 50.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2
6.8 6.00 lbs. Laaglander - DME Holland 1.035 5
6.8 6.00 lbs. Munich Malt Germany 1.037 8
6.8 6.00 lbs. Vienna Malt Germany 1.037 3
2.8 2.50 lbs. Aromatic Malt Belgium 1.036 25
2.8 2.50 lbs. CaraVienne Malt Belgium 1.034 22
2.3 2.00 lbs. Biscuit Malt Belgium 1.035 24
2.3 2.00 lbs. Golden Oats Great Briten 1.033 2
2.3 2.00 lbs. Victory Malt America 1.034 25
2.3 2.00 lbs. Wheat Malt - Torrified America 1.038 2
1.7 1.50 lbs. Carahell Malt Germany 1.034 12
1.7 1.50 lbs. Honey Malt Canada 1.030 18
1.1 1.00 lbs. Amber Malt Great Britain 1.032 35
1.1 1.00 lbs. Melanoidin Malt 1.033 35
1.1 1.00 lbs. Special Roast Malt America 1.033 40
1.1 1.00 lbs. Wheat Malt America 1.038 2

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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12.00 oz. Wye Challenger Whole 7.50 86.5 60 min.
2.00 oz. Wye Challenger Whole 7.50 12.9 45 min.
2.00 oz. Goldings - E.K. Whole 4.75 4.7 30 min.
2.00 oz. Wye Challenger Whole 7.50 7.4 30 min.
2.00 oz. Goldings - E.K. Whole 4.75 3.1 20 min.
2.00 oz. Goldings - E.K. Whole 4.75 2.4 15 min.
2.00 oz. Goldings - E.K. Whole 4.75 1.8 10 min.
2.00 oz. Goldings - E.K. Whole 4.75 1.5 5 min.
2.00 oz. Goldings - E.K. Whole 4.75 0.0 0 min.


Yeast
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White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale


Mash Schedule
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Mash Name: Single Infusion Mash

Total Grain Lbs: 82.00
Total Water Qts: 82.00 - Before Additional Infusions
Total Water Gal: 20.50 - Before Additional Infusions

Tun Thermal Mass: 0.00
Grain Temp: 70.00 F


Step Rest Start Stop Heat Infuse Infuse Infuse
Step Name Time Time Temp Temp Type Temp Amount Ratio
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Single Infusion 5 90 150 148 Infuse 166 82.00 1.00


Total Water Qts: 82.00 - After Additional Infusions
Total Water Gal: 20.50 - After Additional Infusions
Total Mash Volume Gal: 27.06 - After Additional Infusions

All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.
All infusion amounts are in Quarts.
All infusion ratios are Quarts/Lbs.

 

[kungy]

Are you serious! I've never seen a larger grain bill.

On another note, what is a good sub for honey malt

Will

 

[jayse]

Are you serious! I've never seen a larger grain bill.

[post="52228"][/post]​

Iam guessing he's using more than just a 5 gallon water cooler mashtun. :lol:



Jayse

 

[neonmeate]

you couldnt be further from "cloning" it. Protz gives the ingredients as 100% maris otter and only 34 IBUs of Goldings, with caramelisation providing the colour. it's also only 11.5% which would require a fair bit less than an OG of 1161.

call it a nice barley wine if you like, but a "clone"?

 

[Sean]

you couldnt be further from "cloning" it. Protz gives the ingredients as 100% maris otter and only 34 IBUs of Goldings, with caramelisation providing the colour. it's also only 11.5% which would require a fair bit less than an OG of 1161.

call it a nice barley wine if you like, but a "clone"?

[post="52244"][/post]​

Check the date?

 

[Linz]

It is a 15 GALLON recipe(rough 60 LITRES)

 

[Sean]

It is a 15 GALLON recipe(rough 60 LITRES)

[post="52255"][/post]​

It's the complexity of the recipe (and the estimated og) that seem out of order.

 

[neonmeate]

you couldnt be further from "cloning" it. Protz gives the ingredients as 100% maris otter and only 34 IBUs of Goldings, with caramelisation providing the colour. it's also only 11.5% which would require a fair bit less than an OG of 1161.

call it a nice barley wine if you like, but a "clone"?

[post="52244"][/post]​

Check the date?

[post="52246"][/post]​

haha,i fell for it!

 

[jgriffin]

One must remember international date lines.

 

[BJCP Education Director]

A lot of people fail to realize that to 'clone' a beer, one need not use the exact ingredients the brewery uses. Its how the beer turns out. When I taste them side-by-side, its spot on.

As for honey malt, I dont know anything thats close to it. Its very unique and has a huge honey character. I would probably swith the honey malt for maybe a pound of honey. Should do about the same thing.