Arrogant Bastard Clone AG#5 "Self Confident Bounder"

[phatboytall]

This is AG#5 for me, and i'm loving every second of it. I felt "Self Confident Bounder" was a more suitable title!

After the success of my Seirra Nevada Torpedo clone (it was gorgeous to drink, 80% the real thing, but a cracking beer) I decided to brew this, its a big US IPA from stone, where the malt is the star of the show.

I took the recipe from the Jamil show podcast on the brewing network, downloaded off itunes, and slightly adapted after bit of googling of other clone attempts.

It a one malt (Special B) one hop (Chinook) beer. My review of the original is here http://thebeerbunker.blogspot.com/2011/ ... stone.html

Recipe for 12 Litres
Lager Malt (instead of US 2-Row) 3786g
Special B Malt 340g

Hops
Chinook whole leaf 14g 90minutes
Chinook whole leaf 14g 45minutes
Chinook whole leaf 14g 15minutes
Chinook whole leaf 14g Dry Hopping after fermenter

Yeast : Nottingham
O.G. 1.071

Here goes with my pics, please point out any mistakes you think i might be making! I'm new to this and appreciate all the feedback i can get.

Mashed at 66c

Most successful sparge yet, i reduced the run off speed greatly and poured in before opening. No stuck mash.


Hops at the ready, minus the dry hops still in the freezer


I actually hit the desired og but actually diluted slightly to tone down the ABV (slightly regret it now)


Fermenter after 12hours


Final gravity, took me 10 days to get here due to the house heating breaking down!! Took a lot of rewarming in a sink of hot water and heavily asserating! Not ideal but no ill effects seem to be suffered.


Dry hopping out of the fermenter in a Ringwood Brewery Polypin. 24g of Chinook added.


I will be bottling it this wknd after 10 days of dry hopping.

I've had a few tastes and it tastes amazing! Gorgeous malt, and lovely crisp hop bitterness.

Will post bottle shots back in a month.

[leedsbrew]

Nice one man! One in my to do list

[micmacmoc]

superb english/american ale! love the name! chinook eh? not had them, but being a cascade/willemette fan I guess i'd love them. Best name for a beer since, well, arrogant bastard, er...100g of single hop in a 23lt, top stuff matey.

[Gricey]

You putting oak chips in the secondary? I had Arrogant Bastard at a local, its oak aged I think. Very full on but if you're in the mood it is ace.

[GrowlingDogBeer]

I'm really interested to see how this turns out. I was in Orlando Ale House tonight drinking Arrogant Bastard as it was the only decent Ale they had on draught except for the Sierra Nevada. I have to be honest, apart from the dark colour I couldn't really detect the Malt much but it was very hoppy. I think it was a reasonable strength as I had a few and know about it

[rimski]

Hi Ed

Never had Arrogant Bastard before but I am going to have to look out for it now, one thing I'd say is to add a pipe from the mash tun so as the wort doesn't risk hot side aeration

[Spud395]

Nice, did you make a bobo on the recipe or your hop additions?

24g for each in the recipe, 14g of each in the bowls

[phatboytall]

Spud, top spot! you deserve a house point for that! Yep it was actually only 14g of Chinook at each addition, i've edited the post above to correct. 24g was for a 19l litre batch, i have to scale all mine down to 12l as i'm still learning my trade so want mistakes not to be costly, and i'm getting to improve my technique over more brewdays.

Rimski, thanks for the tip, i have no idea what hot side asseration is!? but i'll add a pipe next time!

Thanks for all the positive feedback, i have a label designed for the "Self Confident Bounder" so i will post a shot of that up once its bottled.

As always will keep updating this thread through to the pint with shots and tasting notes of the finished product.

Ed

[WishboneBrewery]

I should get an All Chinook brew on, hops are ready I the freezer!

[mysterio]

Man, I love Chinook and US IPAs in general but I really did not like this beer one bit. It was just a bit thick and chewy for me which didn't play well with the hops. In fact, just the taste of special B makes me a bit queasy.

That aside, I wish you luck with this brew as you obviously enjoy it. I will take a look at your torpedo clone as I have all the hops for that beer.

[phatboytall]

Bottling tomorrow.

Just finished the label, quite proud of this one.


The text as its been cut off.(Bit of a bow to Stone )
This is good beer.
If you don’t like it,
it’s because you prefer
bland commercial
Lager. Goodbye.
Malt
2Row, Special B
Hops
Chinook
Bunker Brewery - Feb

[pantsmachine]

Fit a 90 deg elbow to your mash tun tap.

[Deebee]

Hi Ed

Never had Arrogant Bastard before but I am going to have to look out for it now, one thing I'd say is to add a pipe from the mash tun so as the wort doesn't risk hot side aeration

As far as i have been told on here HSA in the small amount that most home brewers produce is a myth.( that being said i always use a pipe......

[swiggingpig]

I like the label, well done