Last month Prescott Brewing Company brewed a special commemorative beer in collaboration with 35 independent brewers and members of the AZ Craft Brewers Guild. “Heros 19” honored the 19 brave Granite Mountain Hotshots who died while battling the Yarnell Hill Fire. This American-style Brown Ale is brewed with 19 hop varieties – one for each firefighter. All proceeds from the brew are going to the Prescott Fire Fighters Charity and then to the families of the fallen firefighters. Here’s the recipe for those of you who would like to brew it at your brewery or with your homebrewing friends and also see links above if you would like to contribute any proceeds to the charity.
Heroes 19
- Type: Ale
- Style: American Brown
- Batch Size: Commercial
- Recipe Type: All Grain
- Recipe Contributed By: John Nielson of Prescott Brewing Co., Arizona
Malt
- 53% Briess 2-Row Malt
- 4% Briess Wheat Malt
- 22% Briess Pale Ale Malt
- 15% Briess Victory® Malt
- 4.5% Briess Special Roast Malt
- 1.0% Briess Chocolate Malt
Hops 60-Minute Boil / Pellets
- Apollo
- Warrior
- Mt. Hood
- Galaxy
- Citra
- Zythos
- Northern Brewer
Hops 30-Minute Boil / Pellets
- Cluster
- Perle
- Sterling
Hops 20-Minute Boil / Pellets
- Fuggles
- Goldings
- Ahtanum
Hops 10-Minute Boil / Pellets
- Liberty
- Willamette
- Hersbruker
Hop Back Hops / 5-lbs of each hop per 30bb batch / Leaf
- Simcoe
- Centennial
- Cascale
Stats
- Original Gravity: 12.5 Plato
- Final Gravity: 3.3 – 3.5 Plato (The original brew finished at 3.4)
- IBU: 50
- Color: 19 SRM (use a dark malt to achieve this)