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Gordon Knight Clone Type Beer

August 20th, 2015

I love the Oskar Blues G’Knight beer. It’s been one of my favorites lately. I’ve never brewed an Imperial Red / Red IPA / Whatever it is. I sure as Hell love drinking them. So based off of the Can You Brew It podcasts and some of my own observations I’ve developed a recipe.

Update 9/4/2015
Brew day went fine. Efficiency was low so I added some DME and ended up about 1.077ish. This beer is extremely hoppy with the 6 ounce charge in the last few minutes. I am extremely interested to see how this turns out. I have a feeling it’ll be the type of beer that’ll take a month to get right after kegging.

Recipe Details

Batch Size Boil Time IBU SRM Est. OG Est. FG ABV
5.5 gal 90 min 67.9 IBUs 11.7 SRM 1.079 1.013 8.7 %

Style Details

Name Cat. OG Range FG Range IBU SRM Carb ABV
Imperial IPA 14 C 1.07 - 1.09 1.01 - 1.02 60 - 120 8 - 15 2.2 - 2.7 7.5 - 10 %

Fermentables

Name Amount %
Pale Malt (2 Row) US 13 lbs 70.27
Munich Malt 3 lbs 16.22
Rye, Flaked 1 lbs 5.41
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L 12 oz 4.05
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L 8 oz 2.7
Amber Malt 4 oz 1.35

Hops

Name Amount Time Use Form Alpha %
Magnum 1 oz 60 min Boil Pellet 14
Columbus (Tomahawk) 4 oz 5 min Boil Pellet 14
Amarillo Gold 1 oz 0 min Aroma Pellet 8.5
Simcoe 1 oz 0 min Aroma Pellet 13
Amarillo Gold 1 oz 5 days Dry Hop Pellet 8.5

Miscs

Name Amount Time Use Type
Lactic Acid 18.00 ml 60 min Mash Water Agent
Calcium Chloride 8.00 g 60 min Mash Water Agent
Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) 5.00 g 60 min Mash Water Agent

Yeast

Name Lab Attenuation Temperature
Safale American (US-05) DCL/Fermentis 77% 59°F - 75°F

Mash

Step Temperature Time
Mash In 148°F 75 min

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Double Jack Clone

July 26th, 2014

So this beer is so great that I’m brewing it without ever having tasted it. Firestone Walker Double Jack is one of the beers everyone says they’d take if they only had a couple to choose from forever. It’s a big bold Imperial American IPA(Double IPA) Given the huge amount of hops going in this beer it’d better be good! Mash temp will be 145F for 60 minutes 155F for 10 minutes then mash-out to 168F for 10 minutes.

Update 9/8/2014

So this beer finished with a final gravity around 1.019. It tastes quite luscious in terms of the malt profile. It’s very easy drinking for me but I wonder how the judges at Dixie Cup will feel about that. Hop flavor is huge but hop aroma while fairly large is a little one dimensional. I did get to sample Double Jack and while I won’t call this a clone it’s certainly in the family tree. Overall a success which is all you can ask for when you have such a huge hop bill.

Recipe Details

Batch Size Boil Time IBU SRM Est. OG Est. FG ABV
5.5 gal 60 min 104.0 IBUs 9.3 SRM 1.087 1.024 8.3 %

Style Details

Name Cat. OG Range FG Range IBU SRM Carb ABV
Imperial IPA 14 C 1.07 - 1.09 1.01 - 1.02 60 - 120 8 - 15 2.2 - 2.7 7.5 - 10 %

Fermentables

Name Amount %
Pale Malt (2 Row) US 18 lbs 81.82
Munich Malt - 10L 3 lbs 13.64
Cara-Pils/Dextrine 8 oz 2.27
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L 8 oz 2.27

Hops

Name Amount Time Use Form Alpha %
Magnum 2 oz 90 min Boil Pellet 14
Cascade 1 oz 30 min Boil Pellet 5.5
Centennial 1 oz 30 min Boil Pellet 10
Centennial 2.5 oz 0 min Boil Pellet 10
Amarillo Gold 1.5 oz 0 min Boil Pellet 8.5
Cascade 1 oz 0 min Boil Pellet 5.5
Amarillo Gold 0.5 oz 3 days Dry Hop Pellet 8.5
Cascade 0.5 oz 3 days Dry Hop Pellet 5.5
Cascade 0.5 oz 3 days Dry Hop Pellet 5.5
Cascade 0.5 oz 3 days Dry Hop Pellet 5.5
Cascade 0.5 oz 3 days Dry Hop Pellet 5.5
Centennial 0.5 oz 3 days Dry Hop Pellet 10
Centennial 0.5 oz 3 days Dry Hop Pellet 10
Centennial 0.5 oz 3 days Dry Hop Pellet 10
Centennial 0.5 oz 3 days Dry Hop Pellet 10
Simcoe 0.5 oz 3 days Dry Hop Pellet 13
Amarillo Gold 0.25 oz 3 days Dry Hop Pellet 8.5
Simcoe 0.25 oz 3 days Dry Hop Pellet 13

Miscs

Name Amount Time Use Type
Lactic Acid 15.00 ml 60 min Mash Water Agent
Calcium Chloride 8.00 g 60 min Mash Water Agent
Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) 6.00 g 60 min Mash Water Agent
Whirlfloc Tablet 1.00 Items 10 min Boil Fining

Yeast

Name Lab Attenuation Temperature
English Ale (WLP002) White Labs 67% 65°F - 68°F

Mash

Step Temperature Time
Mash In 150°F 75 min

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