Description:

Sweet and malty after a month. Hoppy, warm finish after 2 months. Had some put away to try every year...after 3 years it tasted more like a really good Port wine than a beer.

Ingredients:

• 1 lbs - Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) (Grain)
• 9 lbs 14.4 oz - Amber Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) (Grain)
• 1 lbs - Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) (Grain)
• 4.0 oz - Eroica [10.2%] - Boil 45 min (Hops)
• 1.00 tsp - Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Boil 45 min) (Misc)
• 1.00 tsp - Irish Moss (Boil 15 min) (Misc)
• 1.0 oz - Cluster [7.0%] - Boil 5 min (Hops)
• 1 pkgs - Edme Ale Yeast (Edme #-) (Yeast)
• 1 pkgs - Pasteur Champagne (Red Star #-) (Yeast)

Additional Instructions

Boil: 45 Minutes

Beer Profile

Original Gravity: 1.081 (19.3° P)
Final Gravity: 1.019 SG (4.8° P)
Alcohol by Vol: 8.2%
Color SRM: 24.6  Color Sample 
Bitterness IBU: 82.9
Recipe Type: extract
Yield: 5.00 US Gallons

Source: Brian Smith