Dave McHugh and Kjell Wygant made a modified recipe from Michael Bade's Hop On Top Pale Ale.
Dave and I brewed this one at this years Big Brew Day with it's only purpose to travel to NHC in Oakland and serve some heat to the masses. We amped up the original recipe by adding 5oz. of roasted Anaheim Peppers and 2.5oz. of diced Jalapeno's to the secondary fermentor.
The aroma is pure roasted peppers with malted hop undertones. A full mouthfeel with some bitterness and then some heat going down that lingers a bit.
I had a blast brewing this one with Dave and now we can both enjoy it along with all of you at NHC Oakland 2009!
This chile beer got some great reviews from the attendees of NHC 2009 Oakland CA.
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7-7-2009 picked up the ingredients to brew a 5 gallon batch of this same chilified version of Hop On Top. Although the peppers seem to mask the hops added in this recipe, I'm affraid it would taste entirely different without them.
| Amount | Malt/Grain | % |
|---|---|---|
| 19.00 pounds | American Pale Malt (2-Row) | 82.6% |
| 1.50 pounds | American Wheat Malt | 6.5% |
| 1.50 pounds | German Vienna Malt | 6.5% |
| 1.00 pounds | American Dextrin (Cara-Pils) Malt | 4.3% |
| 23.00 pounds | Total Grain Weight | 100% |
| Amount | Adjunct |
|---|---|
| 0.50 pounds | Rice Hulls |
| Amount | Non-Fermentable | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Table Spoon | 5.2 Five Star Stablizer | 60 minutes |
| 5 oz. | Anahiem Chili Peppers (Roasted) | 2wks minutes |
| 2.5 oz. | Jalapeno Peppers | 2wks minutes |
| Amount | Hop | Time | AA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.00 ounces | Amarillo | 90 min | 8.4% | |||
| 2.00 ounces | Magnum | 60 min | 13.1% | |||
| 3.00 ounces | Simcoe | 20 min | 11.9% | |||
| 4.00 ounces | Amarillo | 5 min | 8.4% | |||
| 2.00 ounces | Amarillo | 0 min | 8.4% | |||
| 12.00 ounces | Total Hop Weight | |||||
| Name | Lab/Manufacturer | Product ID | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Ale | White Labs | WLP001 | 500 ml |
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| Target | Actual | Notes | |
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| Strike Water Amount: | 7.6 | ||
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| Sparge Water Amount: | 8.2 | ||
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| Pre-Boil Amount: | 11 | ||
| Post-Boil Amount: | 10 | ||
| Boil Time: | 60 | ||
| OG: | 1.061 / 15° P | ||
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