Galway Hooker Clone

[Ciderhead]

Not sure if this is posted in the correct area as I thought this was for proven recipies, in any case mods please feel free to move.

Was looking for something similar to Hooker and came across the attached, any thoughts?


Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 30.00 l
Post Boil Volume: 26.00 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l   
Bottling Volume: 23.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.046 SG
Estimated Color: 12.7 EBC
Estimated IBU: 40.8 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 78.3 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU         
4.20 kg               Pale Malt, Maris Otter (Thomas Fawcett)  Grain         1        89.4 %       
0.30 kg               Wheat Malt, Pale (Weyermann) (3.9 EBC)   Grain         2        6.4 %         
0.20 kg               Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (118.2 EBC)   Grain         3        4.3 %         
30.00 g               Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min         Hop           4        15.1 IBUs     
30.00 g               Goldings, East Kent [6.80 %] - Boil 60.0 Hop           5        22.8 IBUs     
35.00 g               Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min             Hop           6        2.8 IBUs     
25.00 g               Cascade [5.50 %] - Aroma Steep 1.0 min   Hop           7        0.0 IBUs     
1.0 pkg               California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [35. Yeast         8        -             


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 4.70 kg
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Name              Description                             Step Temperat Step Time     
Mash In           Add 13.06 l of water at 75.1 C          65.6 C        75 min       

Sparge: Fly sparge with 22.45 l water at 75.6 C
Notes:
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[DEMPSEY]

A visit to the brewery and we was told they use us 05 yeast.

[Shane Phelan]

US05 and WLP001 are pretty much the same from what I have heard.

[Ciderhead]

hope that wasn't confidential

[Shane Phelan]

If a brewery tells something to a member of the public? Nah! 

[DEMPSEY]

Learned along time ago that a secret is no longer a secret when 2 people know it.

[Ciderhead]

cheers guys 05 it is so.

[richieh]

3 things: I think twice as much wheat as crystal is used, so I would up the wheat, or lower the crystal. The bittering hops are northdown and fuggles, but any english hop will probably do fine. Last: the cascade outweighs the saaz by about 15%, so I would switch the values you have in favour of cascade.

Fermentation should be at about 19c, raising to 21 after 2 days or so.

[richieh]

also, both the late hops are steeped/whirlpooled rather than boiled for any amount of time.

[Ciderhead]

thanks

[Alex Lawes]

The recipe is at the end of this article.
http://www.beoir.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51:a-visit-with-hooker-brewery&catid=26:general-articles&Itemid=94
Good bit of detail on the hops too.
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Galway Hooker   
Hops   
Bittering hops:   1st Gold and Fuggles
Late Hops:   Saaz end of boil, Cascade in whirlpool.
Bitterness target   35 IBUs

Grist   
Grist Load:
90% Pearl, 7% malted wheat, 3% crystal
Fermentation   
Gravity:   OG: 1.041 PG: 1.007

Temperatures:   Initial temp of 19oC to top temp of 22oC
Conditioning   
1oC for a minimum of 4 weeks, usually 6 six weeks if possible

Filtration   
Filtered at 1oC to 10 microns

Carbonation   
Carbonated to 2.5 vols
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I'd say it's a medium body mash and the lagering makes it crisper.

[Ciderhead]

Tranferred to secondary 1016, tastes just like GH bit of chill and 50:50 and away we go

[Ciderhead]

Thanks to the judges who scored this 170 and 6th place in the summer session comp.