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OFFICIAL MAC & JACK'S AFRICAN AMBER CLONE
As requested by the brewing legend, and hey, who can refuse a legend? These are the exact words I said to my wife on our first date, Ha ha.
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for 10 gallon batch 90 minute boil
1.060 og, 1.018- 1.013 fg
18lbs Marris otter
2lbs munich
1lbs crystal 80
2oz centennial 60 minute
1oz dried sweet orange peel 30 min
2oz cascade 2 minutes
2oz cascade dry hop
White Labs WLP005 (British Ale) or Wyeast 1098 (British Ale) yeast or safeale 04
Mash at 155F for 60min (I mash in overnight saves time). Collect enough wort for 13 gallons, boil for 90 minutes add additions, cool to pitching temp, then add yeast. ferment until fg is reached (5-7 days, then add the dry hops). ferment in primary another 10 days (you can dryhop in secondary if desired). Bottle, or keg.
you can use the peels of 2 oranges 1 orange for a 5 gallon batch (any oranges), instead of the dried version, but the taste will be stronger for the first 3 weeks or so, and then it will be fine.
feel free to tweek this one as you see fit. I don't add irish moss to this anymore, as this beer is supposed to be cloudy, and that seems to do the trick.
You are doing yourself a disservice if you do not dryhop this beer, it is a completely different beer dryhopped. Give this one a full month in the bottle before you start to get technical on it. I try one every day after I bottle, and I swear to god that on the 29th day it tastes pretty good not a bad beer, but on the 30th day it makes me want to cry the beer is that good. To me anyway judge for yourself, i'm sure you will be pleasantly suprised.
Thanks for everyones effort in making this beer, and i'm glad you all liked it. It's great to see such positive feedback on this beer, as this was the beer that got me into brewing myself. Keep brewing it, this one is such a crowd favorite, and so easy to make, the only problem you'll have with this one is trying to keep it around.
If you ever get to Seattle try it, it's fantastic. My brother just sent me some, and this clone tastes exactly like the original, the original is just a bit sweeter, but I contribute that to the house yeast. Use the wlp005, and it's exactly like the original in flavor profile, and esters.
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