Tumbler is a beer that used to appear regularly but now does so only occasionally. It's a great beer and so I wanted to brew a beer that's similar though maybe not an exact clone. Sierra Nevada posts a few details on their website, which I used to developed the recipe.
This beer is long gone, as I brewed it in the fall of 2022. I recall thinking that the smoke seemed heavy at times, though I think that seemed to disappear the more I drank it. The beer also appeared darker than the real thing. It also had a pronounced char/astringent character from the chocolate malt, so I'd probably dial that back. All in all a tasty beer though.
Recipe for 5 gallons:
8.25 lb 2-row
.5 lb chocolate malt
2 oz smoked malt (Weyermann)
.5 lb Caramel/Crystal 80
1.051 OG
Estimated FG 1.010
SRM 20.65
US-05 yeast
.75 oz Chalenger 60 minutes (8.1 AA)
.5 oz Challenger 15 minutes (8.1 AA)
.25 Willamette 15 minutes (4.2 AA)
36.92 IBU
