Elegant Bastard American Strong Ale Extract Beer Recipe Kit

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This elegantly simple recipe translates into a deeply complex and brag-worthy American strong ale. The choice combination of pale malt, Belgian Special B, and Chinook hops create a medley of dark caramel, raisin, dried cherry, and plum and slight pine flavors all interlaced into a boastful deep copper color. Pouring with a medium-heavy body, Elegant Bastard is a smooth sipper meant to be enjoyed in moderation.

Brewing Notes

  • Style: American Strong Ale
  • Fermentation Range: 65-70 F
  • Original Gravity: 1.066
  • SRM: 16
  • IBUs: 81
  • ABV: 7.1%

Tasting Notes

  • Aroma: Malt aromas of dried fruits and caramel with medium-high pine resin and slight grapefruit hop nose.
  • Appearance: Deep copper color with ruby mahogany highlights. Firm off-white to nearly tan foam head with good persistence.
  • Flavor: Thick malt profile with fig, dried dark fruits, and moderate dark caramel. High bitterness with pine and subtle citrus fruit hop flavors.
  • Mouthfeel: Medium-full body with a smooth, creamy, and long finish on the palate. Slight alcohol warming. Medium carbonation with no astringency.

Brad’s Notes:

“Not quite a Barleywine and certainly stronger and bolder than an American Amber Ale, Elegant Bastard falls in that in-between territory belonging to American Strong Ale. This style is assertively malty and hoppy at the same time, and the hugely popular inspiration for this recipe certainly exemplifies these traits.

By starting with a big (yet simple!) malt bill consisting of only base malt and Belgian Special B would seem to be a little bit of a one-trick pony but fret not. The base malt creates a foundation of clean, bready malt flavors, and then the Special B ramps things up a bit by adding the characteristic color and complex flavor profile of dark fruit, caramel, and slight toffee.

For an equally robust punch in the hop department, sizeable doses of classic Chinook hops are added at four separate times throughout the boil to create bracing bitterness and prominent flavors and aromas of piney resin, slight spice, and noticeable nuances of grapefruit citrus. To keep things from being overly sweet and heavy-bodied, a relatively low mash temperature is used in the all-grain version, while a dose of simple sugars in the malt extract recipe helps the yeast to attenuate and contributes to the alcohol content while keeping the body and flavor from being too big or sweet.

While this recipe may be ready to drink in 6 weeks (fresh beer is always good!), it is substantial enough to stand up to aging well. If you have the self-control, try to (gasp!) hide a few bottles from yourself and then come back to them in 6 months, I think you will be pleasantly surprised. Elegant Bastard is just that - A bit of an aggressive and rough-around-the-edges bastard when young, but morphs into a complexly elegant sipper with some age on it.”

 

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Additional information

SKU

BK10330, BK10333, BK10334

Beer Color Amber
Original Gravity

1.066

Total Time to Make 6 weeks
Regional Style USA
Alcohol Content Medium
Yield 5 Gallons
Beer Style British/American Strong Ale
Fermentation Type Ale
Beer Recipe Kit Instructions Click here for recipe kit instructions

Customer Reviews

Based on 113 reviews
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Robert G.
Good recipient to practice skills

I got the extract kit with the dried yeast and it is similar to an Arrogant ****, but definitely different. Is still good to drink, but I’d like to try the all grain with good yeast to compare

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Tom
Excellent kit!

Just bottled the beer, ABV at 8.1. Great yeast makes great beer! Strong fermentation While I have not tasted
The finished product, the sample at bottling was amazing!! Highly recommend this kit.

M
Michelle V.
Great service

Great beer!

J
Jim T.
E-B

Elegant **** ,Just brewed 2wks ago,Ready for 2nd fermentation.So far great.Easy directions. Can hardly wait for first taste.

R
Ron K.
Great Beer

Had a small explosion where the pressure popped the stopped out and sprayed foam everywhere. Might be best to use an overflow tube instead of the stopper and airlock. The brewing process went well. The final result was a bit hoppier that I usually like, but still not a bad beer. I might leave out a packet of hops to lighten the bite a bit but that's a matter of taste. It has a higher alcohol content which I like. I would definitely brew it again

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Customer Reviews

Based on 113 reviews
88%
(100)
10%
(11)
2%
(2)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
R
Robert G.
Good recipient to practice skills

I got the extract kit with the dried yeast and it is similar to an Arrogant ****, but definitely different. Is still good to drink, but I’d like to try the all grain with good yeast to compare

T
Tom
Excellent kit!

Just bottled the beer, ABV at 8.1. Great yeast makes great beer! Strong fermentation While I have not tasted
The finished product, the sample at bottling was amazing!! Highly recommend this kit.

M
Michelle V.
Great service

Great beer!

J
Jim T.
E-B

Elegant **** ,Just brewed 2wks ago,Ready for 2nd fermentation.So far great.Easy directions. Can hardly wait for first taste.

R
Ron K.
Great Beer

Had a small explosion where the pressure popped the stopped out and sprayed foam everywhere. Might be best to use an overflow tube instead of the stopper and airlock. The brewing process went well. The final result was a bit hoppier that I usually like, but still not a bad beer. I might leave out a packet of hops to lighten the bite a bit but that's a matter of taste. It has a higher alcohol content which I like. I would definitely brew it again