Caribou Slobber All Grain Beer Recipe Kit

Caribou Slobber is our Moose Drool clone, an American brown ale with layers of caramel, baking chocolate, and a hint of light-roast coffee. Goldings, Liberty, and Willamette bring enough hop character to keep the malt honest. The name’s questionable. Your taste in beer is doing just fine.

For the mash-in crowd, this 5-gallon all-grain recipe starts with Rahr 2-row and layers in two caramel malts, pale chocolate, and a touch of black malt. Choose crushed grain, or go unmilled if you like to run your own mill.

Tasting Notes

• Aroma: Malty caramel with hints of chocolate and light-roast coffee.
• Appearance: Brown.
• Flavor: Layers of caramel, baking chocolate, and light-roast coffee balanced by a noticeable hop bite.
• Mouthfeel: Rounded and malt-forward, with a balanced finish.

Brewing Notes

• Style: American Brown Ale (BJCP 2021: 19C).
• Brewing Method: All-grain.
• Batch Size: 5 gallons.
• Boil Time: 60 minutes.
• Fermentation Temp Range: 64–70°F.
• Approximate ABV: 5.2%
• Original Gravity: 1.052.
• Bitterness / IBU: Balanced bitterness with a noticeable hop presence.
• Beer Color / SRM: Brown.
• Time to Package: Approximately 2–4 weeks from brew day, after fermentation and conditioning are complete.
• Time to Enjoy: Approximately 4–6 weeks from brew day, including 2 weeks of bottle conditioning.

Brewing Overview: Mash at 153°F for 60 minutes, followed by a mashout at 170°F for 10 minutes. Collect the wort and boil for 60 minutes, adding Goldings, Liberty, and Willamette at the recipe's specified times.

What Is Included

• 9 lb Rahr 2-row pale malt.
• 0.75 lb Briess Caramel 60L and 0.5 lb Briess Caramel 80L.
• 0.25 lb Fawcett Pale Chocolate and 0.125 lb English Black Malt.
• 1 oz Goldings, 1 oz Liberty, and 1 oz Willamette hops.

Behind the Brew

Moose Drool is the inspiration for this clone recipe. Caramel 60L and 80L build its caramel character, while pale chocolate and a small dose of black malt bring darker notes and color. Goldings, Liberty, and Willamette keep the malt from having the whole conversation.

Prefer another brewing method or batch size? Explore the 5-gallon extract kit or the 1-gallon Caribou Slobber kit.