Apple Oat Ale
Specialty Beer • All Grain • 3 gal
nutty, sweet and apple..a great Fall beer (I hope!)
August 8, 2005 pm 01:07pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 3 gal)
- 5 lbs
American 2-row
American 2-row
Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt
- 0.25 lbs
Crystal Malt 40°L
Crystal Malt 40°L
Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.
- 0.25 lbs
Belgian Biscuit
Belgian Biscuit
Warm baked biscuit flavor and aroma. Increases body. Use in Belgian beers.
- 0.25 lbs
American Victory
American Victory
Provides a deep golden to brown color. Use in nut brown ales, IPAs and Scottish ales.
- 0.25 lbs
Maple Syrup
Maple Syrup
Imparts a dry, woodsy flavor if used in the boil. If beer is bottled with it, it gives it a smooth sweet, maple taste. Use in maple ales, pale ales, brown ales and porters.
- 0.5 lbs
Oats Flaked
Oats Flaked
Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.
- 0.3 oz
Nugget - 13.0 AA% whole; boiled 60 min
Nugget
This is very bitter and often used in medium to dark ales and lagers. Aroma is quite heavy and herbal.
- 0.15 oz
Mt. Hood - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 15 min
Mt. Hood
Used mainly for aroma and flavor in American and German style ales and lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant, light, and clean.
- 0.15 oz
Northern Brewer - 8.0 AA% whole; boiled 1 min
Northern Brewer
Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.
- 5 lb
apples - (omitted from calculations)
apples
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Wyeast 1332 Northwest Ale™
Wyeast 1332 Northwest Ale™
One of the classic ale strains from the Northwest U.S. Breweries. Produces a malty and mildly fruity ale with good depth and complexity.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 23 - Specialty Beer
Subcategory: A - Specialty Beer
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.053 | 1.026 - 1.120 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.010 | 0.995 - 1.035 | |
| Color: | 12.0 SRM | 1 - 50 | |
| Alcohol: | 5.5% ABV | 2.5% - 14.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 30.8 IBU | 0 - 100 |
Discussion
changed the fruit source.
2005-08-17 12:08pm
Just brewed this ale. I changed the fruit needs because I was worried about contamination from fresh apples. I used one large apple per gallon of wort in the boil. In the secondary I used Chunky Apples from Trader Joes. It is basically a chunky apple sauce with a hint of cinnamon. Since it is a jarred product, it is sterile. I didn't want the apple flavor to bash you over the head, I wanted it subtle with the toasted grain flavor.
Notes on Finished product
2005-10-18 12:26pm
Ahhh, fall is here and I am finally sampling this Apple Oat Ale. The beer has a nice, light cider color and lots of oat body. The maple syrup in the boil has made the taste dry, but it still contains a good, round malty flavor. There is hops but not over powering. The maple (bottling) and apple flavors are subtle and are most apparent on the back-side. All and all, a crisp beer with good head and a lot of subtle flavors that keep your brain busy. A great fall ale. Hindsight notes: I would replace the jar of apple sauce with a couple jars of apple butter to give a more intense apple flavor, but still taste like a beer. I used 1/2 maple syrup and 1/2 malt extract to bottle..in future I would use all maple syrup. I would possibly add a vanilla bean to secondary. TB
