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Mosquito County Ale

Mosquito County Ale

American Wheat or Rye Beer • Extract • 5 gal

1990tbone

A light easy drinking summertime ale. Great for Florida hot summers. Use only freshly squeezed orange juice.

January 18, 2007 pm 08:15pm

5.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • .5 lbs Crystal Malt 10°L

    Crystal Malt 10°L

    Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales. Characteristics & Applications: • In contract to Brewers Malt, glassiness is a distinguishing characteristic of Caramel Malt. The glassy endosperm creates the desirable non-fermentable components giving true Caramel Malt the ability to contribute body (mouthfeel), foam foam retention, and extended beer stability, while contributing color and unique caramel flavor. • Caramel 10L is a roasted caramel malt that imparts golden color. • Use 3-7% for Pilsener-style beers for balance. • Use 5-15% to provide color, sweetness and color to light amber beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • 1 lbs American Victory

    American Victory

    Provides a deep golden to brown color. Use in nut brown ales, IPAs and Scottish ales.

  • .5 lbs Pacific Northwest Wheat

    Pacific Northwest Wheat

  • 6.6 lbs Wheat Liquid; Northwestern

    Wheat Liquid; Northwestern

    Can be used in making Wheat Beer, Bavarian Weizen, Berliner Weiss, and Dunkel Weizen.

  • 1 lbs Dry Light Extract

    Dry Light Extract

    White color, mild flavor. Will produce lagers and Pilseners and can also be used to produce darker beers when used in conjunction with colored malts. Made of pale malt.

  • 1 oz Centennial - 10.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Centennial

    Aromatic but acceptable for bittering. Medium aroma with floral and citrus tones. Good in medium to dark ales.

  • .5 oz Cascade - 5.5 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 8 oz orange zest - (omitted from calculations)

    orange zest

  • 16 oz frsh orange juice - (omitted from calculations)

    frsh orange juice

  • Wyeast 2112 California Lager™

    Wyeast 2112 California Lager™

    Particularly suited for producing 19th century-style West Coast beers. Retains lager characteristics at temperatures up to 65F, and produces malty, brilliantly-clear beers.

Notes

Add orange juice the last 10 min of boil, add the orange zest the last 5 min of boil.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 6 - Light Hybrid Beer

Subcategory: D - American Wheat or Rye Beer

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.067 1.040 - 1.055
Terminal Gravity: 1.014 1.008 - 1.013
Color: 13.4 SRM 3 - 6
Alcohol: 7.0% ABV 4% - 5.5%
Bitterness: 41.0 IBU 15 - 30

Discussion

1990tbone

A little more time

2007-02-19 3:15am

Fermented very slowly. Tried the first one last night. Beautiful reddish brown color. Very little head retention as of yet. Need more carbonation. The hops come thru the malt very nicely. Havn't picked up on any orange flavoring yet maybe with a little age. I am still very happy with the results.

1990tbone

Enjoying it to the last drop !

2007-03-19 1:04am

Well worth the time and money. After several weeks this brew has mellowed into a beautiful ale. The malt is balanced nicely with the hoppy finish. One of my best so far. I don't think the rest of these will be around very long.

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