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red beet ginger wheat ale

red beet ginger wheat ale

Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer • All Grain • 5 gal

skerry

red beets were grated, then boiled and added to mash for color. Ginger was grated and added at 20 min boil. Single temp infusion mash at 150 degrees.

July 26, 2008 pm 06:48pm

4.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 4.5 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.

  • 3.5 lbs German Wheat Malt Dark

    German Wheat Malt Dark

    Dark malted wheat base for use in dark wheat styles such as Dunkleweizen.

  • 1 oz Czech Saaz - 5.8 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Czech Saaz

    Very mild. 'Noble'.

  • 1 lb red beets grated bioled in mash - (omitted from calculations)

    red beets grated bioled in mash

  • 2 oz grated fresh ginger 20 min boil - (omitted from calculations)

    grated fresh ginger 20 min boil

  • White Labs WLP300 Hefewizen Ale

    White Labs WLP300 Hefewizen Ale

    This famous German yeast is a strain used in the production of traditional, authentic wheat beers. It produces the banana and clove nose traditionally associated with German wheat beers and leaves the desired cloudy look of traditional German wheat beers.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 21 - Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer

Subcategory: A - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.040 1.026 - 1.120
Terminal Gravity: 1.008 0.995 - 1.035
Color: 7.2 SRM 1 - 50
Alcohol: 4.2% ABV 2.5% - 14.5%
Bitterness: 30.5 IBU 0 - 100

Discussion

skerry

just pitched yeast.

2008-07-26 8:21pm

nice beet color boiled out in mash. oh well, its only beer.

skerry

Fun and tasty experiment!

2008-08-18 8:57pm

Naturally carbonated in the keg. Nice cloudy pinkish amber color with a creamy white head. Great with a slice of lemon. Lemon and spicy ginger aroma. Ginger, lemon, malt and carbonation dance on the tongue with the hops cutting in for the next number. Dry and refreshing wirh a slight rooty/earthy quality in the background. I will brew this again.

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