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Apple Oat Ale

Apple Oat Ale

Specialty Beer • All Grain • 3 gal

ToddBrew

nutty, sweet and apple..a great Fall beer (I hope!)

August 8, 2005 pm 01:07pm

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Ingredients (All Grain3 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

  • 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

ToddBrew

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.

ToddBrew

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

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