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Wildflower Honey Braggot

Wildflower Honey Braggot

Specialty Beer • Partial Mash • 5.25 gal

kappel

Bottled today. Will cellar for at least 6 months before trying. Smells great!

February 26, 2005 pm 09:29pm

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Ingredients (Partial Mash5.25 gal)

  • 1.5 lbs American 6-row Pale

    American 6-row Pale

    Tends to increase lautering efficiency due to a stiffer husk. May be used as the base malt for any beer style. The enzymes in all varieties of the current crop are sufficient to support high percentages of specialty malts and adjuncts.

  • .5 lbs Weyermann CaraMunich® II; Weyermann

    Weyermann CaraMunich® II; Weyermann

    Provides body. For Oktoberfest, bock, porter, stout, red, amber and brown ales.

  • .5 lbs Belgian Special B

    Belgian Special B

  • .5 lbs Honey Malt

    Honey Malt

    Nutty honey flavor. For brown ales, Belgian wheats, bocks and many other styles.

  • .5 lbs Dry Extra Light; Muntons

    Dry Extra Light; Muntons

    Contains no colored malts or unmalted products; the light color of this product is achieved by using low processing temperatures and low-colored raw materials.

  • 6.25 lbs Honey

    Honey

    Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.

  • 0.5 lbs Malto Dextrin

    Malto Dextrin

    Adds body and mouthfeel. For all extract beers. Does not ferment.

  • 1 lbs Rice Raw

    Rice Raw

    Lightens flavor without taste. Use in American and Asian lagers.

  • .75 oz Czech Saaz - 2.5 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    Czech Saaz

    Very mild. 'Noble'.

  • .125 oz Cascade - 5.5 AA% whole; boiled 10 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • .25 oz Czech Saaz - 2.5 AA% whole; boiled 30 min

    Czech Saaz

    Very mild. 'Noble'.

  • .5 oz Yeast Nutrient - (omitted from calculations)

    Yeast Nutrient

  • .5 tsp Irish Moss - (omitted from calculations)

    Irish Moss

  • Wyeast 3864-PC Canadian/Belgian Ale

    Wyeast 3864-PC Canadian/Belgian Ale

    From a Canadian brewery which produces many styles of classic Belgian beers. Mild phenolics, which increase with increased fermentation temperatures. Low ester profile with a dry, slightly tart finish. Complex and well-balanced, alcohol tolerant.

Notes

1/4 pound of honey substituted with turbinado sugar. Mini-mash by step infusion at 120 degrees and at 152 degrees until conversion complete. Rose and basmatti rice boiled in sach infusion for 30 minutes. Add maltodextrin and yeast nutrient to kettle. 1 hour boil. Irish Moss boiled 10 minutes Wildflower honey and juice and zest of 1 organic lemon added and wort held at or above 176 degrees for 1/2 hour. Added to cold water in fermenter. Pitch 1 liter starter of yeast and ferment at 70-75 degrees. Cascade hops and malt extract are boiled in 1 liter yeast starter 10 minutes. 6 gal. Eldorado Springs Wate

Style (BJCP)

Category: 23 - Specialty Beer

Subcategory: A - Specialty Beer

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.070 1.026 - 1.120
Terminal Gravity: 1.014 0.995 - 1.035
Color: 16.5 SRM 1 - 50
Alcohol: 7.4% ABV 2.5% - 14.5%
Bitterness: 7.4 IBU 0 - 100

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