Recipes

I'll add more as we brew 'em

Clay makes sure that the recipes all come out great

Our standard Process

We did partial-mash extract beers for years until recently. Less time & equipment than all-grain, and just as tasty if you do it right. But, the lure of more control and more creativity with flavor got the best of us, and we took the plunge into all-grain. We purchased a B3-150B system from Beer, Beer & More Beer in California  www.morebeer.com , which is a great value for a 5 gallon system, and very easy to set up, use and store. We did modify it, though, and removed the false bottom from the mashtun, and replaced it with a stainless steel screen manifold. Haven't had a stuck mash since!

So, as the recipes below get brewed as all-grain, I'll put those recipes here, too.

Bruce & Clay get the sparge going in our very first all-grain batch

Batmen Not-so-brown ale

A cross between northern brown ale and brown porter. If you cut the chocolate malt in half and add a half pound of pale, you get a really nice traditional brown ale.

1lb Chocolate malt
1lb Belgian biscuit malt
8lbs Alexander’s Pale malt extract
1oz Northern brewer hops
1/2 cup malto-dextrin powder
Wyeast 1728 scottish ale yeast  

Bat-Mantis Robust Porter

Our tribute to the former Hartford Brewery’s most popular beer. It’s a little stronger tasting than the original, but a close approximation.

6.6 lbs Munton’s light LME
2 lbs light DME
1 lb chocolate malt
1 lb dark (90 L) crystal malt
6 oz black patent malt

½ cup malto-dextrin powder
2 oz Kent Goldings (Bittering - 1 Hr)
2 oz Fuggles (Aroma - 10 minutes)
1 oz Thetfords (Finishing - 5 minutes)
Wyeast 1187 ringwood

The secret ingredient was the water from the well at my old house ----- it made awesome beer. I really should have made a free lifetime supply of brewing water a condition of the sale. We use Crystal Rock bottled water most of the time (When we brew at Bruce's, which is where the Batmen Brewpub is located), which is really good, too.

This beer won third place in the 2004 Eastern CT homebrew competition in the robust porter category

All-Grain version:

I think this is even better than the extract version

12 Lbs pale malt (2-row)
1 lb chocolate malt
1 lb 90 L crystal malt
6 oz black patent malt

2 oz Kent Goldings (Bittering - 1 Hr)
1 oz Fuggles (30 minutes)
1 oz Fuggles (15 minutes)
Wyeast 1187 ringwood

You should get a starting gravity between 1.067 - 1.075 depending on your system.

Loosely based on Sierra Nevada Pale Ale:                            10 Lbs Simpsons Golden Promise

8 Lbs Alexander’s Pale LME                                               1 lb 60 L crystal malt

1 Lb pale malt                                                                    2 oz Perle (Bittering - 1 Hr)

1 Lb light crystal malt                                                         1 oz Cascade (30 minutes)

½ cup malto-dextrin powder                                                1 oz Cascade (15 minutes)

2 oz perle (Bittering – 1 Hr)                                                 1 oz Cascade (5 minutes)

1 oz Cascade (Aroma – 15 minutes)                                   1 oz cascade (Dry)

1 oz cascade (Finishing – 5 minutes)                                  Wyeast 1056

1 oz cascade (Dry)

Wyeast 1056