U.S. Flag
Remember the Towers
About Us

Main Page
Join Us!
Meeting Times
Newsletters
Corny Keg Sale!
Titletown Open
Email Directory
Contact Us!
Brewing Tips

Recipes
Tips & Tricks
Glossary
Links
Add this logo to your site!
Click here to add this
logo to your site!
Green Bay Rackers
Homebrewers' Club
If you want it done right, you have to brew it yourself!

Best of Show Recipes

Titletown Open IX (2003)

Bock to the Future
Traditional Bock by Bob Franklin

(Eleven gallon batch)
22# Pilsen Malt
7# Munich Malt
2.5# Crystal 80L
1.25# Melanoidin Malt
4.7 oz German Hallertau pellets (3.6% AA--3.9 oz 60 minutes, .4 oz 15 minutes, .4 oz at kettle knockout)
Starter of White Labs WLP838 Southern German Lager yeast

Procedure: Mash at 104F for 15 minutes, 135F for 30 minutes and 154F for 80 minutes. Sparge with 172F water. Total boil time is 90 minutes. Primary fermenter: 10 days at 51F. Secondary fermenter: 20 days at 33F. OG - 1.075 FG - 1.025


Titletown Open VI (2000)

Lonely Guy Pale Ale
American Pale Ale by Steve Olson/Kyle Loos/Scott Carlson

(Six gallon batch)
9.75# British Pale malt
1.25# Briess Carapils malt
0.5# British Crystal 50-60L malt
36 grams Perle hops (6.6% AA--for 70 min
35 grams Cascade hops (6.1% AA--for 15 min
42 grams Centennial hops (8.8% AA--at Kettle strike)
Starter of Wyeast #1056 American Ale yeast

Procedure: Infusion mash - 151 deg F for 90 minutes. OG - 1.053 FG - 1.009.


Titletown Open V (1999)

Lonely Cossack Russian Imperial Stout
Imperial Stout by Steve Olson

(Six gallon batch)
21.5# British Pale malt
1.25# British Dark Crystal malt
1.75# British Roasted barley
0.50# British Chocolate malt
2.6 oz Centennial hops (9.8% AA--80 minutes)
1.8 oz Perle (7.0% AA--45 minutes)
2.0 oz Fuggles (4.1% AA--15 minutes)
Starter of Wyeast #1056 American Ale yeast

Procedure: Infusion mash - 152 deg for 90 minutes. 90 minute boil. OG - 1.110 FG - 1.024. Age for 6 months or longer - if you can. Cheers!


Titletown Open IV (1998)

Liberty Pils
German Pilsner by Paul Kerchefske of the Manty Malters
The Rackers thank Paul for letting us post his recipe!

9.5# Briess two-row
1.25# Belgian CaraPils
3 oz Liberty (5.0% AA--.5 oz for 120 minutes, .75 oz for 40 minutes, 1.75 oz for 20 minutes)
1 oz Liberty (2.8% AA--dry hop)
Starter of Wyeast #2278 Czech Pils yeast
2.5 oz corn sugar for bottling

Procedure: Single decoction mash (temperature not given). In the primary for fourteen days at 50F, in the secondary for two weeks at 45-50F. Original gravity: 1.054, terminal gravity: 1.015.


Titletown Open III (1997)

Unnamed Pilsner
Pilsner by John Blohm

(11 Gallon Batch)
14# Briess two-row
3# Briess six-row
28 AAU Saaz
Starter of Yeast Lab L31 Pilsner Lager

Procedure: Mash rests: 122F for 45 minutes, 149F for 120 minutes, mash out at 168F for five minutes. Boil for 90 minutes, hop additions at 60, 30, and 15 minutes. Primary fermentation: 14-17 days at 48F. Secondary fermentation: seven days at 45F.