Allegedly... - Experimental Beer

An Authentic Homebrew Recipe - by BorealBrewer

RECIPE INFO

It's The Ginger Beer. So good, it'll revive a sick ostrich.
Author: BorealBrewer - View
Brew Sessions: 0
Source: Homebrew Recipe
Recipe Type: Extract
Efficiency: 75%
Calories: 149
Boil Time: 15 Minutes
Batch Size: 0
Boil Size: 0
Total Grains: 0
Total Hops: 0
IBU/OG: 0.04
OG: 1.046
- - -
FG: 1.009
- - -
IBUs: 1.61 (tinseth)
- - - IBUs
Color: 7.2° SRM / 14.18° EBC
- - - SRM
Alcohol: 4.85%
-% - -% ABV

FERMENTABLES

fermentable / amount / ppg / l / usage
Brown Sugar - US, 0 (8.3%), 46 ppg, 10 L, Mash
Dry Malt Extract - Wheat - US, 0 (66.7%), 42 ppg, 3 L, Mash
Honey Malt - CA, 0 (8.3%), 37 ppg, 25 L, Mash
Caramel/Crystal 10 - US, 0 (16.7%), 35 ppg, 10 L, Mash

HOPS

hop / amount / usage / time / AA / IBUs
B. C. Goldings, 0 (Pellet), Boil, 10 Minutes, 5.1, 1.61

YEAST

yeast / attenuation
Danstar Nottingham, 80%

OTHER INGREDIENTS

ingredient / amount / name / usage
Ginger, 0 , Boil, 15 minutes
Chilies, 1 tbsp, Boil, 5 minutes
Allspice, 0.25 tsp, Boil, 5 minutes
LimeZest, 1 tbsp, Secondary, 3 minutes
Limejuice, 0 , Bottle/Keg, 0 minutes
LemonJuice, 0 , Bottle/Keg, 0 minutes
Ginger, 0 , Secondary, 7 minutes
Rum, 0 , Bottle/Keg, 0 minutes

NOTES

Steep grains in water as you heat from 135 to 180F.

Add extract and first ginger, bring to boil.

Second ginger goes in secondary for "dry-gingering".

Zest soaked (days not minutes) in the rum. Lime-rum and citrus juices mixed with rum, and added at bottling time.

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