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Tropical Thunder
Fruit Beer • Partial Mash • 5 gal
Simcoe supposedly has a passionfruit-type flavor profile. I'll let you known in two months.
October 17, 2009 pm 11:55pm
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Ingredients (Partial Mash, 5 gal)
- 0.5 lbs
Honey Malt
Honey Malt
Nutty honey flavor. For brown ales, Belgian wheats, bocks and many other styles.
- 1.0 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.
- 0.50 lbs
White Wheat Malt; Briess
White Wheat Malt; Briess
Sweet, malty, wheat, floury flavors. Characteristics & Applications: • Imparts malty flavor not obtainable from raw wheat. • Use with rice hulls to improve lautering and help prevent stuck mash. • White Wheat Malt contributes to foam production and foam stability.
- 0.5 lbs
American Caramel 20°L
American Caramel 20°L
Provides color, body, and contributes to foam retention and beer stability.
- 6 lbs
Dry Wheat; Muntons
Dry Wheat; Muntons
Made with a preponderance of wheat malt (55%) for the production of wheat or Weiss beers. Contains no colored malts or hops.
- 0.25 lbs
Wheat Flaked
Wheat Flaked
Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.
- 0.25 oz
Simcoe® - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Simcoe®
Used for aromatic, and especially bittering properties.
- 0.25 oz
Simcoe® - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min
Simcoe®
Used for aromatic, and especially bittering properties.
- 0.25 oz
Simcoe® - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Simcoe®
Used for aromatic, and especially bittering properties.
- 1 oz
Coconut (chunks) - coconut and banana extract in secondary (omitted from calculations)
Coconut (chunks)
Coconut (Cocos nucifera) belongs to the Palm family Arecaceae and is found growing around the world in lowland, tropical and subtropical habitats. Classed as a fruit, it is actually a one-seeded drupe. What we buy in shops is the "stone" of this drupe, consisting of a hard shell (the endocarp) which encloses the seed. The meat has a mild nutty sweet flavor.
- 5 oz
Pineapple (fresh) - pinapple fruit in secondary (omitted from calculations)
Pineapple (fresh)
Strong cuttingly sweet juicy citrus flavor.
- 4 oz
Mangos (fresh) - mango rum for tincture of pinapple (omitted from calculations)
Mangos (fresh)
The flesh of a mango is peachlike and juicy, with more or less numerous fibers radiating from the husk of the single large kidney-shaped seed. Fibers are more pronounced in fruits grown with hard water and chemical fertilizers. The flavor is pleasant and rich and high in sugars and acid. More fresh mangos are eaten every day than any other fruit in the world. The 'Paisley' design motif is a design from India based on the mango
- 0.25 oz
Lime zest - lime zest (omitted from calculations)
Lime zest
Has a slight sweet odor and a subtle mild tart sweetness. One medium lime has about 1 tablespoons of grated peel.
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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.
Notes
Added an additional 0.5 oz of simcoe at 5 min. Partial mash with 30 min protein rest and 60 min steep at 150 degrees.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 20 - Fruit Beer
Subcategory: A - Fruit Beer
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.066 | 1.026 - 1.120 |  |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.013 | 0.995 - 1.035 | |
| Color: | 12.5 SRM | 1 - 50 | |
| Alcohol: | 6.9% ABV | 2.5% - 14.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 9.4 IBU | 0 - 100 | |
Discussion
As advertised
2010-01-29 1:45am
This is certainly a crowd favorite. This is certainly not subtle with the tropical fruit flavors, but overall, it works quite well as a pina colada substitute. I purposely avoided the more acidic tropical flavors in fear that they might introduce the "fermented orange-juice problem" (i.e. nasty-off flavors). So far, the reviews have been universally positive, which is quite a relief.
A further update
2010-11-07 1:28am
The flavors are starting to mellow and are frankly, growing a bit 'amorphous', if I may borrow an adjective. The only really distinct flavor left is pineapple. This could use a touch more hops, both for later complexity and to improve the shelf-life.
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