Thursday, July 1, 2010

The WestWood Acoustic Festivals Official Beer!

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In honor of the WestWood Music Festival, a truly inspired FREE musical event being planned in early August by my in-laws, we have decided to collaborate on an official brew for the event! Soon, during a weekend in July we will all get together at the homestead and work together at making this tasty elixir.  After a lengthy decision making process, the correct option made itself quite clear.  Here is the recipe if you want to make it yourself:

Recipe: #022
Brewer: Tres Perros Brewing
Asst Brewer: LA Sports Club
Style: Mild

Recipe Specifications --------------------------
Batch Size: 6.00 gal
Boil Size: 7.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.038 SG
Estimated Color: 28.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 26.9 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 %
Boil Time: 60

Minutes Ingredients:
2.50 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 32.26 %
3.00 lb Mild Malt (4.0 SRM) Grain 38.71 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 6.45 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 90L (90.0 SRM) Grain 6.45 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 6.45 %
0.50 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 6.45 %
0.25 lb Carafa III (525.0 SRM) Grain 3.23 %
2.00 oz Fuggles [3.60 %] (60 min) Hops 26.9 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale


Mash the grains @ 154*

And just in case you were curious, this is what the beer is called:

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