buzzards gonad condensate

Source: chris mcatee
Recipe added: 01/06/97
Email: mcatee@cadvision.com
URL: www.petersoninst.com/mds/mdspage.htm

This is the infamous Calgary's Own gonad beer. It's really a bitter, make it and judge for yerself. It comes in @ 6.3%/vol - quite nice for the holiday season. Probably knock it back to a more quaffable 5.0% next time. Comments, please! chris in gonangium country

Specifics

Recipe type: All Grain
Batch Size: 23 litres
Starting Gravity: 1.055
Finishing Gravity: 1.007
Time in Boil: 90 mins
Primary Fermentation: 9 days too long
Secondary Fermentation: 12 days
Additional Fermentation: n/a

Ingredients:

GRAINS
5.0 lbs Gambrinus 2 row
4.0 lbs Harrington 2 row
1.0 lb Munich Dark, 27 Lov
5.0 oz Wheat
1.0 lb Crystal 70 lov
0.75 lb Vienna
1.0 oz Black patent
HOPS
2.0 oz No Brewer, lf 8.0 - 60 mins
0.5 oz cascade , pels 4.4 - 15 mins
0.5 oz Styr Goldings, plugs 5.0 - 10 mins
0.5 oz Cascade, pels 4.4 2 mins
0.25 oz Styr Goldings 8.0 dry hop in Secondary 12 days
1/2 tsp Irish Moss last 15 mins
Burton type salts
Wyeast 1056 american

Procedure:

Mash grain into 15 litres water @ 172. Stabilize @ 151F 1 1/2 hrs or until conversion. Mash out. Sparge w/ 16.4 litres. Start boil with 26 litres End up with 23.5 litres. Pitch 1 litre yeast starter. Sparge hops w/ 1.5 litres 23.5 litres to plastic primary. Rack to 23 litre glass carboy.

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