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Strawberry Shortcake
Specialty Beer • Extract • 1 gal
Strawberries are in season. Ferment some!
April 16, 2007 am 01:34am
4.0/5.0 1 rating
Ingredients (Extract, 1 gal)
- 0.125 lbs
Crystal Malt 40°L
Crystal Malt 40°L
Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.
- 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.
- 1.3 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- 6 lb
strawberries, destemmed and halved - (omitted from calculations)
strawberries, destemmed and halved
- 1/8 tsp
grape tannin - (omitted from calculations)
grape tannin
-
White Labs WLP720 Sweet Mead/Wine
White Labs WLP720 Sweet Mead/Wine
A wine yeast strain that is less attenuative than WLP715, leaving some residual sweetness. Slightly fruity and will tolerate alcohol concentrations up to 15%. A good choice for sweet mead and cider, as well as Blush wines, Gewärztraminer, Sauternes, Riesl
Notes
Used Lalvin 71B yeast, not WLP720. Honey was white clover. Method: steeped malt in 1qt water. Removed grains and added extract. Boiled for ~30 mins. Added 1pt cold water and cooled. Stirred in honey. Poured over berries in a plastic bucket. Rehydrated and pitched yeast. Bucket covered with cheesecloth. Stirring several times daily until berries disintegrate, then will transfer to a glass jug and airlock. Will add ~1lb strawberries and 1/2 vanilla bean to secondary.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 23 - Specialty Beer
Subcategory: A - Specialty Beer
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.088 | 1.026 - 1.120 |  |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.000 | 0.995 - 1.035 | |
| Color: | 8.6 SRM | 1 - 50 | |
| Alcohol: | 11.6% ABV | 2.5% - 14.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 0.0 IBU | 0 - 100 | |
Discussion
updates
2007-04-18 12:46am
I added 1g of FermaidK nutrient on the second day. Today (3 days after pitching) I transferred to a glass jug and airlocked. SG = 1.028 Color is a light brownish pink, opaque with yeast and strawberry bits. Tastes a little like a strawberry milkshake, only one made with really old berries. I'll let the fermentation complete, then move to secondary with more berries and vanilla.
in secondary with extra goodies
2007-04-29 1:58am
Moved to secondary this week with an extra pint of strawberries, 1/2 oz french oak cubes and 1/2 vanilla bean, split. Clearing nicely to a deep pink color. Will taste weekly for flavor.
ready to rack off vanilla
2007-05-05 8:49pm
Status check today: SG = 1.011. Tastes pretty good. Lots of strawberry flavor with a hint of vanilla. Deep clear pink/magenta color. Stuck it in the frige to drop the yeast out as best as I can since I like the vanilla where it is. Will rack in the next couple of days to a clean jug and let sit for another week or two before bottling.
bottled
2007-05-10 1:49am
Turns out I decided to bottle instead of racking. The vanilla and oak flavors have come out a lot in the last few days of frige time. Tastes good. Yield was 7 12oz bottles.
pretty good strawberry wine
2007-05-27 2:02am
This one came out mostly like a strawberry wine. The malt and honey haven't presented at all so far, though the oak and vanilla are nice compliments. Overall it's pretty good and a nice way to have your fruit.
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