Sorachi Sour
Berliner Weisse • All Grain • 3 gal
Sour ale with Sorachi Ace
November 2, 2010 am 12:31am
Ingredients (All Grain, 3 gal)
- 2 lbs
Midwest Wheat Malt
Midwest Wheat Malt
Light flavor and creamy head. For American weizenbier, weissbier and dunkelweiss.
- 1.5 lbs
Belgian Pils
Belgian Pils
Pilsner style malted barley grain.
- 0.25 lbs
Acidulated Malt
Acidulated Malt
High lactic acid. For lambics, sour mash beers, Irish stout, pilsners and wheats.
- 0.5 oz
Zenith - 10.1 AA% whole; boiled 0 min
Zenith
With its strong aroma and good alpha acid content, Zenith is an excellent choice as a dual-purpose hop.
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Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05
Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05
The most famous ale yeast strain found across America, now available as a ready-to-pitch dry yeast. Produces well balanced beers with low diacetyl and a very clean, crisp end palate. Sedimentation: low to medium. Final gravity: medium. Pitching instructions: Re-hydrate the dry yeast into yeast cream in a stirred vessel prior to pitching. Sprinkle the dry yeast in 10 times its own weight of sterile water or wort at 27C± 3C(80F ±6F). Once the expected weight of dry yeast is reconstituted into cream by this method (this takes about 15 to 30 minutes), maintain a gentle stirring for another 30 minutes. Then pitch the resultant cream into the fermentation vessel. Alternatively, pitch dry yeast directly in the fermentation vessel providing the temperature of the wort is above 20C(68F). Progressively sprinkle the dry yeast into the wort ensuring the yeast covers all the surface of wort available in order to avoid clumps. Leave for 30 minutes and then mix the wort e.g. using aeration.
Notes
Mash hopped, no boil. Soured with malt dust for 18 hours before pitching yeast. Hops should be Sorachi Ace, not in dropdown.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 17 - Sour Ale
Subcategory: A - Berliner Weisse
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.032 | 1.028 - 1.032 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.005 | 1.003 - 1.006 | |
| Color: | 2.4 SRM | 2 - 3 | |
| Alcohol: | 3.5% ABV | 2.8% - 3.8% | |
| Bitterness: | 0.1 IBU | 3 - 8 |
