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Well, it was time to clear out some of the old leaf hops with a big amber ale. Specifically, I put 3 lbs of hops into the keggle at 10 minutes. It actually took me 10 minutes to get them all in without boiling over. Literally like mixing cement. When I cleaned out the keggle the next day, it was half full of tightly packed hops - I had to cut them out in hunks. The smell in the house is outrageous.

The recipe is from BCS, which is basically a Red Rocket malt base. I threw in 1 lb of sugar as well to keep up the gravity.

http://beerdujour.com/Recipes/Jamil/Jam ... xtract.htm

Used -05, would have preferred 1272, but it has not arrived yet.

Must have been a weekend to brew amber ales I did one as well with Chinook and Cascade throughout, Nothing like the beast you've got there though! Sounds like it'll be a good one.

No better way to spend Thanksgiving.

Agreed I also did the deshuttes black butte porter clone from CYBI but didn't get the hops I need so I went with all Chinook cause I had them. I'm thinking the piney taste from Chinook will go good in a porter.

Cool, I've looked at that one too many times. You'll have to save me one.

Well, this was one crazy beer to brew. I threw in 3 lbs of hops in at the last 10 minutes. It actually took ten minutes to get them in, because the whole keggle wanted to boil over. When I emptied the keggle the next day, it was half full of hard packed leaf hops. Should be an interesting beer.

LiverDance wrote:Agreed I also did the deshuttes black butte porter clone from CYBI but didn't get the hops I need so I went with all Chinook cause I had them. I'm thinking the piney taste from Chinook will go good in a porter.

You'll have to bring it over to my place and pour it in my Deschutes Black Butte Porter glass. I bet it would taste better that way.

K

This beer turned out really well. And incredibly clear, up close it looks almost filtered. That's a rarity for me.

It's a really great beer. Nice aroma and hop forward.

I can attest to it personally.