this got my brain ticking so decided to go with something based on that quote and being a SMaSH it will also give me an idea of what the malt and hops are like on their own, I dialed down the ABV as 20+ litres of 7.2% would be a bit much for me and the lowered the IBU a bit and came up with this,seymour wrote:Those recipes all sound like delicious beer, but you wanna know the big secret about Arrogant Bastard?
100% Munich Malt. Chinook hops.
A flagship brand and international phenom made from a single malt and a single hop?! I know, crazy right? One might even say arrogant. If you're trying to clone this beer, you simply do not need those other specialty grains. Munich is kilned lightly enough that there are still sufficient enzymes to convert the starches to sugars, but kilned darkly enough to provide enormous malty flavour and amber colour. Use a low mash temp and highly attenuative yeast. That's it.
Volume 21ltr
Estimated OG 1.050
Est Mash Efficiency: 80.0 %
Estimated IBU: 50.1 IBUs
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name
4.40 kg Munich Malt (17.7 EBC)
20.00 g Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 90.0 min
1.00 Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins)
20.00 g Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min
48.00 g Chinook [13.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool - I cooled the wort to 80c and steeped for 20 mins here
1.0 pkg Nottingham (Danstar #-)
Total Grain Weight: 4.40 kg
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Mash Schedule: GF, Medium Body
Name Description
First Mash Add 17.60 l of water and heat to 67.0 C 90 min
Mash Out Heat to 74.0 C over 4 min 74.0 C 10 min
Sparge Add 15.01 l of water heated to 74.0 C
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Had originally planned on 21ltrs at 5%ish but ended up having to dilute down to nearly 23ltr as I got approximately 85% efficiency on this brew, I have a GrainFather and usually work to 78-80%, this brew was the first time for me crushing my own grains with a Bulldog Malt Mill which was set to 1.5mm and I think this was the cause of the efficiency increase, I was impressed with the crush and got the clearest wort in my brews so far, however I'm less than impressed at the finish of the mill and feel I will have to take it apart and do some sanding and some smoothing of the edges etc on it.
- As you see a bit rough around the edges
) but here's a pic of the mash every early on as you see very clear.- Never had no overflow before
- Its compact and bijou
Oh and I like to make labels for my brews
- I like to make labels too
