Tröegs Brewing Co.’s Mad Elf clone - Brew Your Own

Tröegs Brewing Co.’s Mad Elf clone - Brew Your Own

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Back in 2002, Owners Chris and John Trogner decided to brew a special beer — a big Belgian-style ale with cherries and honey — for the holidays, and thus, a sup

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Ingredients

  • 12.5 lbs. (5.67 kg) Pilsner malt
  • 2.63 lbs. (1.19 kg) Munich malt (8-10 °L)
  • 0.75 lb. (0.34 kg) dark Munich malt (20 °L)
  • 0.31 lb. (0.14 kg) caramel malt (80 °L)
  • 0.13 lb. (0.06 kg) chocolate malt
  • 0.31 lb. (0.14 kg) Special B malt
  • 1 lb. (0.45 kg) cane sugar (sucrose) (0 min.)
  • 0.25 lb. (11 g) (0.11 kg) honey (0 min.)
  • 1.25 lbs. (0.57 kg) tart cherry puree
  • 0.9 lb. (0.41 kg) sweet cherry puree
  • 2.7 AAU Galena hops (90 min.) (0.2 oz./6 g at 13.6% alpha acids)
  • 2.3 AAU Hersbrucker hops (10 min.) (0.5 oz./6 g at 4.6% alpha acids)
  • White Labs WLP530 (Abbey Ale) or Wyeast 3787 (Trappist Style High Gravity) or LalBrew Abbaye yeast
  • 3⁄4 cup corn sugar (if priming)

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