Gritty’s Halloween Ale Clone Recipe

Recipe: Halloween Ale
Style: 8C-English Pale Ale-Extra Special/Strong Bitter

Recipe Overview

Volume At Pitching: 6.08 US gals
Final Batch Volume: 5.02 US gals
Expected Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.058 SG
Expected OG: 1.063 SG
Expected FG: 1.018 SG
Expected ABV: 6.0 %
Expected IBU (using Tinseth): 45.3
Expected Color: 19.2 SRM
Apparent Attenuation: 70.0 %
Mash Efficiency: 70.0 %
Boil Duration: 60.0 mins

Fermentables
UK Pale Ale Malt 9.94 lb (66.0 %) In Mash/Steeped
UK Medium Crystal 3.19 lb (21.2 %) In Mash/Steeped
UK Caramalt 1.77 lb (11.8 %) In Mash/Steeped
UK Torrified Wheat 0.14 lb (0.9 %) In Mash/Steeped
UK Chocolate Malt 0.01 lb (0.1 %) In Mash/Steeped

Hops
UK Golding (5.5 % alpha) 1.59 oz Loose Whole Hops used 60 Min From End
UK WGV (6.5 % alpha) 1.59 oz Loose Whole Hops used 30 Min From End
UK Golding (5.5 % alpha) 1.59 oz Loose Whole Hops used 1 Min From End

Yeast: Wyeast 1187-Ringwood Ale

2 thoughts on “Gritty’s Halloween Ale Clone Recipe

  1. I’m very interested in making this, it’s my favorite fall beer. How close did it come out to the original?

    • Hi Dave,

      It came out really well, I don’t think you can do much better outside of buying Gritty’s.

      Cheers!

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