This beer was GOOD.
It was only my second attempt at an all-grain recipe, my first attempt to brew with fruit, and my first attempt at dry hopping. All in all, if all of my first attempts turned out like this one, I would be happy.
The beer had a nice flavor, but the recipe was a little off, and needed some fine tuning.
RECIPE
Grains (12.7lbs)
5.5 lbs 2-Row Barley
3.5 lbs Wheat Malt
3.0 lbs Vienna Malt
0.2 lbs Acid Malt
0.5 lbs Flaked Barley
Hops
2.0 oz Cascade (4.5-7%)
2.0 oz Centennial (8-11.5%)
2.0 oz Citra (11-13%)
Yeast (1 Packet)
British Ale 1098 - Wyeast
(Medium | 73-75% | 64-72°F)Misc
5 Grapefruit (3 Zest | 2 Peel)
3 Navel Oranges (2 Zest | 1 Peel)
1 Lime (1 Zest)
1 Lemon (1 Zest)
BREW NOTES
Mash went according to plan (OG was on point)Straight forward boil
Long cooling time (use wort chiller in future)
Large 'hop' patty made transfer difficult (either cold crash or brew larger batch)
Added water until OG=1.055 to make up for 'hop' losses
Forgot to pitch pectin
FERMENTATION NOTES
Low yield helped prevent blow off during fermentation (large krausen)
Added hops and frozen peels to primary @ 2 weeks
Added hops and frozen peels to primary @ 2 weeks
TASTING NOTES
Initial Taste (2 weeks)
Initial Taste (2 weeks)
- Average Hop Profile
- Small Fruit Notes
Second Taste (2 months)
- Hops faded
- Fruit to forefront (like grapefruit juice)
- Mellowed poorly
- More hops in future
- Small Fruit Notes
Second Taste (2 months)
- Hops faded
- Fruit to forefront (like grapefruit juice)
- Mellowed poorly
- More hops in future
LESSONS LEARNED
Use muslin bags to contain hops. Hop residue greatly reduced yield.
Take it easy on the fruit
Use muslin bags to contain hops. Hop residue greatly reduced yield.
Take it easy on the fruit
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