BAMF GINGER BEER
Specialty Beer • Extract • 5 gal
My personal take on an old fashioned recipe. I plan on brewing it sometime this weekend.
December 8, 2010 am 01:31am
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- 7 lbs
Liquid Light Extract
Liquid Light Extract
A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.
- 1 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- 1 lbs
White Table Sugar (Sucrose)
White Table Sugar (Sucrose)
Common household table/baking sugar. Lightens flavor and body of beer. Can contribute a cider-like flavor to the beer if not cold-fermented or used in large quantities.
- 1 oz
Ginger (fresh) - (omitted from calculations)
Ginger (fresh)
Ginger possesses an intriguing; sweet, spicy and pungent flavour. Ginger is the common name given to the underground stem (rhizome) of the perennial plant Zingiber officinale Roscoe. It is chemically classified as an essential oil with pungent principles, and has been in use as a flavoring agent worldwide for over 20 centuries.
- 2 ea
Cinnamon (stick) - (omitted from calculations)
Cinnamon (stick)
Cinnamon is the dried bark of various laurel trees in the cinnamomun family. One of the more common trees from which Cinnamon is derived is the cassia. Ground cinnamon is perhaps the most common baking spice. Cinnamon sticks are made from long pieces of bark that are rolled, pressed, and dried.
- 1/2 c
Orange zest - (omitted from calculations)
Orange zest
Has a fragrantt sweet odor and a subtle mild sweetness. One medium orange has about 3 tablespoons of grated peel.
- 1 tbsp
Cardamom (ground) - (omitted from calculations)
Cardamom (ground)
Cardamom has an intense, pungent, sweet flavor.
- 1 ea
Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss) - (omitted from calculations)
Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss)
Enhanced Irish Moss in convenient tablet form
-
White Labs WLP800 Pilsner Lager
White Labs WLP800 Pilsner Lager
Classic pilsner strain from the premier pilsner producer in the Czech Republic. Somewhat dry with a malty finish, this yeast is best suited for European pilsner production.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 23 - Specialty Beer
Subcategory: A - Specialty Beer
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.064 | 1.026 - 1.120 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.013 | 0.995 - 1.035 | |
| Color: | 4.9 SRM | 1 - 50 | |
| Alcohol: | 6.8% ABV | 2.5% - 14.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 0.0 IBU | 0 - 100 |
Discussion
ginger beer
2010-12-11 3:28pm
Is 3lbs of ginger a little much?
