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Rogue: Dead Guy Ale

January 08, 2008 By: CarpetGuy Category: Beer Reviews, Beer and wine making, Recipes 3 Comments →

[image] This is an oldie but a goodie to me, this won’t actually be a review, just as much info as I can find and my opinion about this wonderful brew!

It must have been about 6 years ago, I stumbled into my favorite beer store, Joe Blows, which has been bought out by Specs I hear, anyway, I saw this on the shelf and had to try it!

I immediately fell in love. No, this is not a “hop monster” as is usually my preference, but it does max out for the style at 40 IBU’s! Hmm, a Maibock hoppier than an IPA (Redhook: Long Hammer IPA), thats ok, they are both good brews!

This is what Rogue says about Dead Guy Ale:

Dead Guy Ale

Gratefully dedicated to the Rogue in each of us. In the early
1990s Dead Guy Ale was created as a private tap sticker to celebrate
the Mayan Day of the Dead (November 1st, All Souls Day) for Casa
U Betcha in Portland, Oregon. The Dead Guy design proved popular
and was incorporated into a bottled product a few years later
with Maierbock as the elixir. Strangely, the association with
the Grateful Dead is pure coincidence.

Dead Guy is a German-style Maibock made with Rogues proprietary
“PacMan” ale yeast. It is deep honey in color with a malty aroma,
rich hearty flavor and a well balanced finish. Dead Guy is created
from Northwest Harrington, Klages, Maier Munich and Carastan malts,
along with Perle and Saaz Hops. Dead Guy Ale is available in 22-ounce
bottles, 12-ounce 6-pack, and on draft.

Measurements: 16 degrees Plato, IBU 40, Apparent Attenuation 78,
Lovibond 16
No Chemicals, Additives, or Preservatives

Should you want to brew this yourself, you can either combine those ingredients above, using Beer Smith, until it comes out close, or go to Austin Homebrew Supply, who has a kit ready to go.

You might be able to find this recipe and more in Beer Smith’s Recipe Listing

To sum it all up, Dead Guy Ale is a definite keeper, I buy this one all the time!

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Midwinter’s Porter

January 01, 2008 By: CarpetGuy Category: Beer and wine making, Cool Websites, Recipes 1 Comment →

Midwinterâ€™s Porter

Posted by Brian in December 30th, 2007

Published in Recipes

This is the winter recipe from Mainstreet
Homebrewâ€™s newsletter. They bill it as bigger and bolder than most
west coast porters. It will be interesting to compare it to the west
coast porter I brewed earlier this month.

Midwinterâ€™s Porter
8 lbs Amber Malt Extract
12 oz CaraMunich
4 oz 120l Crystal Malt
14 oz Chocolate Malt
6 oz Melanoidin
6 oz Special Roast
3 oz Carafa Malt
2 oz No. Brewer Hops (1 oz @ 60 min, 1/2 @ 20 min, 1/2 @ 10 min)
1 tsp Irish Moss @ 45 min
1/2 tsp Yeast nutrient @ 5 min
British Ale Yeast (WLP005)
OG 1.065

This sounds like a good recipe!

This comes from a very nice site, HomebrewBlog.net Check them out for more great stuff!

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