Does anyone have a good Wookie Jack clone reicpe? I suck at trying to clone beers, and making my own recipes. I want to brew something that tastes like Wookey Jack. Thanks for any help. Cheers Jason
Love this beer. Try this on for size. 12 lbs 2-row 3 lbs rye malt 10 oz Carafa III 10 oz Midnight Wheat 4 oz Chocolate Rye Mash 145 for 60, 155 for 10 1.25 oz Magnum 60 mins use 2:1 Amarillo:Citra Mix; add 4 oz 5 mins 4 oz flameout; or better yet, whirlpool at 170F for 15 minutes Ferment with 1056 Dry hop 2 oz for 5 days; then remove and dry hop another 2 oz for 5 days OG 1.084 (75% efficiency) FG 1.021 ABV 8.3% 83 IBUs 44 SRM Note: I used 2:1 Amarillo because I get lots more orange than tropical fruit out of this beer. Amarillo is the hop to use when it comes to black IPAs. IMO.
I did a brew recently that was inspired by Wookey Jack... turned out awesome I can't wait to do it again. I did it as a partial mash, but you can certainly use 2-row instead of the DME. Recipe: Hopburst Black Rye PA TYPE: Partial Mash Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 8.90 gal Post Boil Volume: 6.77 gal Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal Bottling Volume: 5.05 gal Estimated OG: 1.062 SG Estimated Color: 34.6 SRM Estimated IBU: 68.3 IBUs Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 % Est Mash Efficiency: 134.4 % Est ABV: 6.3% Boil Time: 90 Minutes Ingredients: ------------ Amt Name Type # %/IBU 2 lbs 3.2 oz Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain 1 23.0 % 1 lbs 1.6 oz Carafa II (412.0 SRM) Grain 2 11.5 % 4.0 oz Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 3 2.6 % 6 lbs Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 4 62.8 % 1.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 36.4 IBUs 1.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 6 18.1 IBUs 1.00 oz Ahtanum [6.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 6.6 IBUs 1.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 8 7.3 IBUs 1.00 oz Ahtanum [6.00 %] - Aroma Steep 0.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs 1.0 pkg California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [35. Yeast 10 - 1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Day Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
As an FYI their website lists cara-rye, not chocolate rye as an ingredient. I'd also suggest Carafa Special, as they say it's debittered. I believe their house yeast is English? WLP007 would be a good choice. I've got a Citra/Centennial/Simcoe IPA on now fermented with it that is awesome.
Yep, forgot to sub Cara for Chocolate, I haven't added this grain to Beersmith yet. I think you're right about the English yeast, I've read others suggesting WLP002, but it seems hard to get the attenuation high enough using that strain. WLP007 should be a very good choice.
the first post in the HBT thread below has a recipe that had some feedback from Matt Brynildson incorporated, it would probably be a good jumping off point http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/firestone-walker-wookey-jack-clone-attempt-333436/index3.html
