English/Irish/Scottish Ales Avenue Irish Ale (Boulevard Clone)- AG

Avenue Irish Ale (Boulevard Clone)
Irish Ale
All Grain
5 Gallons
1.061 OG
1.013 FG
6.2% ABV
17 SRM
38 IBU (Tinseth)

75% Efficiency

9 lb. Maris Otter Malt
2.5 lb. Munich Malt
1.0 lb. Wheat Malt
5.0 oz. Special B Caramel Malt
5.0 oz. Caramunich Type 1
1.5 oz. English Chocolate Malt

0.5 oz. Magnum (14.0% AA) @ 60 minutes
0.5 oz. Nugget (13.0% AA) @ 15 minutes
0.5 oz. East Kent Goldings (5.0% AA) @ Flameout

White Labs WLP004 Irish Ale Yeast, 2 Liter starter

I use bottled spring water. No adjustments.

Mash @ 152°F for 1 hour
Mash out @ 168°F for 10 minutes.
1 Hour Boil
1/2 Whirlfloc Tablet at 10 minutes.
Carbonate to about 2.5 volumes CO2

So, I pretty much learned how to brew on the Beer Advocate Homebrew Forum, but I haven't been active on here for quite a while. I was out of brewing for about 5 years, but now I'm back! And what better way to come back than to offer up what I think is a pretty darn good recipe!

This recipe was based on info obtained from the Boulevard Brewing website around 2004. I changed the original 2-row Pale Malt to Maris Otter, because I was on a Maris Otter kick back then, and I had it on hand. Sometime between 2004 and 2010, Boulevard changed their recipe significantly... so this could be called Boulevard "Classic" Irish Ale. Frankly, I think the old recipe was better!

This is one of my most successful recipes. Enjoy!