I recently stumbled across what appears to be a pretty solid all-grain clone recipe for Surly Furious.
It’s been a little while since I’ve brewed, and I’ve been dying to make a nice IPA to complement my other homebrew creations I recently bottled. So last night I swung over to Midwest Supplies and picked up the ingredients in hopes that I’ll be able to get out into the garage this Saturday and brew it up. Temps are supposed to be in the mid to high 30′s, so I’ll likely be out there in shorts and a T-shirt given the ridiculously arctic weather we’ve had of late. No, seriously…people in Minnesota are weird that way.
Here’s the recipe for a single mash infusion (5 gallons):
9.75 lbs Golden Promise pale malt from Scotland (same used by The Macallan)
1.5 lbs Caramunich I
0.25 lbs Crystal 55
0.5 oz Warrior hops (boil)
0.5 oz Magnum hops (boil)
1.6 oz Amarillo hops (boil)
1.6 oz Simcoe hops (boil)
1 oz Amarillo (dry hop)
2 oz Simcoe (dry hop)
Wyeast 1335 British Ale II
Check out the recipe link above for the specific mash temp and hop schedule, as the Amarillo and Simcoe are metered throughout the boil (a little like DFH 60 Minute). This recipe is supposed to deliver nearly 99 IBUs and an OG of 1.060.
I’ll be getting my yeast starter going tonight so I can be ready to go Saturday afternoon. I’ll try to take some video of the production and post over the weekend.
January 31, 2009 at 10:09 am
Good luck on this one bud. I’m sure it will turn out awesome!
February 4, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Loving these videos. They’ll be fantastic refreshers when I get a space to go all-grain again.
Have you thought about getting a sparge wand instead of the tupperware bucket?
Also, you’ve probably got it here somewhere, but it’s escaping me — what are you using in the bottom of your mash tun for filtering? A false bottom or one of the metal filtering tubes?
February 4, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Thanks Ethan. I have considered the sparge wand, but I’d have to alter my setup a bit to make it work. The rudimentary tupperware approach has actually served me pretty well to this point. It forces me to pay closer attention to what’s going on.
False bottom, works very well.
May 18, 2009 at 7:14 pm
So how’d it go? I’m doing an all grain IPA next Saturday and down the road I’d like to try this recipe out. I just got the propane burner a few weeks ago and cristened it with a stout. While outside the thought had crossed my mind about garage brewing in the winter: yes, a fellow Minnesotan. It will be interesting!
May 18, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Turned out great, Jacob. Friends have a tough time telling the difference from the real thing. I’d say 90% there. Aroma is fantastic.
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