Recipe - Chipolte Brown Ale

5 One half pound 2row malt
Three fourths pound 40 Lovibond Crystal Malt
One half pound Chocolate malt
1 teaspoon Gypsum (added to the mash)
1 ounce Cascade hops (60 minutes)
One half ounce Cascade hops (15 minutes)
One half ounce Cascade hops (1 minute)
2 Slightly crushed dried
Pasilla chile pods (stems
removed)
3 Slightly crushed dried
Chipolte chile pods (stems
removed)
1 teaspoon Irish Moss (15 minutes)
1 pack Ale yeast (I used Munton &
Fison; has always given me
good results)
7 Slightly crushed Chipolte
chiles; soaked for 30
minutes in hot water (added
to secondary)
One half cup Corn sugar (to prime)

~ Use a single infusion mash at 153 degrees F. for 90 minutes (or until
conversion)

~ Sparge with 3 gallons 170 degree F. water.

~ Boil the wort for 60 minutes, using the hop schedule in the ingredients
list, and adding the chiles 30 minutes into the boil.

~ Chill, rack to primary fermenter, pitch yeast, ferment at around 70
degrees F.

~ Rack to secondary fermenter after vigorous fermentation has subsided
(about 3 days), and add rehydrated chipoltes (and the water used to
rehydrate them).

~ Store in the secondary fermenter until beer clears, then leave in
secondary for 1 more week to extract yummy chile flavor.

~ Bottle, condition in bottle until you *really* have to try it. (3
gallons) O.G. = 1.044 F.G. = 1.011 Notes: I bottled my chipolte brown ale
last night, and I think it is going to be quite good. It was very tasty
when it was warm and flat, so it can only get better chilled and
carbonated. There is maybe more chile heat than I originally was looking
for, but the malty sweetness of the beer, and the smoky flavor of the
chipoltes is a great combination. I don't think this is going to be a beer
that I'm going to want to drink alot of in one sitting, but I suspect it
will go good with any standard chilehead food. It may also make a good
marinade, or addition to chili. The recipe is for an allgrain batch, so my
apologies to the extract brewers out there. abert@geoserv.isgs.uiuc.edu
(Curt Abert)

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