21 June 2009

Come Wit it Now!



Wit

9 oz oats
15 oz wheat
1 lb 2 row
15 min @ 122
15 min @ 152
15 min boil

Added to:
1 lb pilsner
2 lb white wheat
resting at 122

Brought temp to 155, rest for 45 min

3 lbs Wheat DME

1 oz German Tettnang Pellet Hops 4.4% AA @ 60 min
0.3 oz hallertau 3.9% AA @ 30 min
0.5 oz crushed coriander @ 15 min
0.5 oz orange peel @ 15 min
pinch of cumin seeds
1 oz hallertau select @ 2 min
0.5 oz orange peel
0.25 oz chamomile

O.G. 1.039
F.G. 1.009
ABV 3.86

This would mean only about 60% attenuation. Maybe this is right? I used safbrew wb-06, which is a dry wheat bear yeast, but not a true wit beer yeast, but the sample I took before bottling, tasted delicious. So ... a small beer great for summer. (I hope.) It also left a nice ring of crud around the fermenter, orange peel I think and I used red caps and they look sweet.


18 June 2009

14 months to freedom, or Apple Cider Revealed.

My first 5 gallon yeast experiment has come to fruition.
Recap:
- 5 gallons of Tipton grove natural juice (not from concentrate)
- Pitched yeast: Lalvin 71B - 1122 (x2) on 04/10/08
- Added yeast nutrient (2.5 tsp) on 04/12/08
- Racked the cider into secondary on 4/29/08 (~62F)
- Bottled 5/29/09 with one can AJ concentrate and one packet of Red Star Cote des Blancs
- Bottled Conditioned for about 3 weeks
- Taste: crisp and quite dry.

Images below, L to R, 4/15/2008, 6/26/2008, 5/29/2009