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Wormwood Pale

Wormwood Pale

American Pale Ale • Extract • 5 gal

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Very fascinated with Absinthe/wormwood. Here's my attempt at a pale with wormwood as adjunct.

February 21, 2002 am 06:41am

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Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 3/4 lbs Crystal Malt 60°L

    Crystal Malt 60°L

    Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.

  • 7 lbs Dry Light; Muntons

    Dry Light; Muntons

    Used as the base for a wide variety of styles of beers, including lager, pale ales, bitters, and export bitters. Contains no colored malts.

  • 2 oz Cascade - 5.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 2 oz Hallertauer Tradition - 6.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Hallertauer Tradition

    Fine, 'Noble'.

  • 1 oz Cascade - 5.5 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 2 oz Wormwood - (omitted from calculations)

    Wormwood

  • Wyeast 1272 American Ale II™

    Wyeast 1272 American Ale II™

    Fruitier and more flocculant than 1056, slightly nutty, soft, clean, slightly tart finish.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 10 - American Ale

Subcategory: A - American Pale Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.065 1.045 - 1.060
Terminal Gravity: 1.014 1.010 - 1.015
Color: 12.9 SRM 5 - 14
Alcohol: 6.7% ABV 4.5% - 6%
Bitterness: 38.9 IBU 30 - 45

Discussion

EmeticAle

2 ounces wormwood!

2002-09-29 2:08am

I use between 1/2 to 3/4 an ounce of wormwood boiled with the wort for an hour without any hops and find it very sufficient for bittering. How did 2 ounces turn out? Even 3/4 an ounce of wormwood I would only use for a high gravity beer.

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