Spruced Up Rye
American Wheat or Rye Beer • All Grain • 5.5 gal
Adding Spruce to secondary
January 3, 2013 pm 12:22pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5.5 gal)
- 6 lbs
6-Row Brewers Malt; Briess
6-Row Brewers Malt; Briess
Mild grain malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Base malt for all beer styles • More husk than 2-Row Brewers Malt making it well suited for high adjunct brewing. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- 5 lbs
Rye Malt
Rye Malt
Often used in German Ales and specialty beers
- 1 lbs
White Wheat; Rahr
White Wheat; Rahr
Weizens. Improves head retention in all beers. Contributes spicy flavor. Protein rest required.
- 1 oz
Cluster - 7.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Cluster
Used for bittering and flavor qualities in light and dark American lagers. Aroma is very floral.
- 1 oz
Simcoe® - 13.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Simcoe®
Used for aromatic, and especially bittering properties.
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Wyeast 1187 Ringwood Ale™
Wyeast 1187 Ringwood Ale™
Notorious Yeast of European origin with unique fermentation and flavor charateristics. Distinct fruit ester and high flocculation provide a malty complex profile, which clears well. Thorough diacetyl rest is recommended after fermentation is complete.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 6 - Light Hybrid Beer
Subcategory: D - American Wheat or Rye Beer
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.050 | 1.040 - 1.055 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.011 | 1.008 - 1.013 | |
| Color: | 6.6 SRM | 3 - 6 | |
| Alcohol: | 5.1% ABV | 4% - 5.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 33.4 IBU | 15 - 30 |
Discussion
Spruce tips???
2013-01-05 4:05pm
How much spruce did you add and was it just tips?
Haven't brewed yet
2013-01-05 4:49pm
Haven't brewed yet actually. Will likely add spruce essence as spruce tips are not in season until may-june. Probably 2oz spruce essence
