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I've made a few tweaks to the recipe over the last couple brew dates and it's now the best to date. I like to add an additional pound of Munich to the mash. Bumps the ABV up to 5.9% or so and adds a bit more flavor. I also like to do .5oz additions of Willamette at both 5 minutes left and...
Exactly what I was shooting for with the beer. I love malt and I like hops, so just bring em both together in a reasonably sessionable brew. Glad you enjoy it.
Awesome. I bet those Simcoe hoppings through the final minutes give this an amazing piney/earthy taste. I've done the same with Willamette and it gets an awesome woody tea like character that goes with the cirtrus and fruit of the hops.
Let me know how that turns out, I've never used a belgian yeast so I'm interested in hearing how it turns out.
It's quiet malty, however I don't find it too sweet. I do know some are fans of the crystals though. The .5 oz of Simcoe and Amarillo seems to do the trick quiet well. I just...
What did the grape juice concentrate come from? I haven't dabbled with grapes yet, besides what are off my vine. As long as you used proper sanitary practices and such you should be safe.
Originally I began with only Carafra for the "dark" malt which was good, but I wanted to try for a bit of that bite that comes from roasted barley to compliment the sweetness of the Crystal Malt. The lighter color is the only roasted barley the LHBS had at the time, and a pound of roasted malt...
Bottle Rocket American Red
Beersmith 2 Recipe
Bottle Rocket American Red
Recipe Specifications
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American Amber Ale
Pre-Boil Volume: 6.00 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.056 SG
Estimated Color: 16.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 40.2 IBUs
Brewhouse...
I have no idea what to plant. Perhaps Magnum? Nice clean bittering hop with a bit of spice. As for Porterville, well it's Porterville :D If you ever go about cutting rhizomes to give out, send a shout my way, I'd be more than happy to take a few off your hands for some cash.
Know this is a bit old thread now but thought I'd ring in. I'm over in Porterville and have Willamette's that are thriving like crazy. They're planted against my north facing fence and trained horizontally across it. They receive full sun pretty much all day. I do keep a healthy layer of...