wintermute2
Well-Known Member
Okay, I've never seen or tasted a braggot, but I've made a decent number of beers and I've dabbled with mead. I was thinking taste-wise, a Wit with orange blossom honey might taste pretty awesome, although wheat beers taste best young and meads seem to need to age, but how does this sound (I'm trying to keep this relatively simple due to lack of free time):
2.5 gallon boil with 4 lbs. Wheat DME
1.5 oz. Saaz pellets (3.3%AA) @ 60 min.
0.5 oz. Saaz pellets (3.3%AA) @ 45 min.
1 oz. crushed coriander seeds @ 15 min.
flameout, chill to 100 deg.F, rack to primary over 5 lbs. Orange Blossom Honey
mix/aerate, add chilled water to make 5 gallons around 70 deg.F
pitch a pack of Wyeast 3944
Bottle prime to 2.4 volumes CO2
according to Tastybrew…
OG: 1.072
FG: 1.018
IBU: 27
ABV: 7.0%
SRM: 4
How does that sound? I was thinking, as an option, I could cut back to 3 lbs. DME, and do a partial mash of 1 lb. Belgian Pilsner and 0.5 lb. Flaked Wheat.
2.5 gallon boil with 4 lbs. Wheat DME
1.5 oz. Saaz pellets (3.3%AA) @ 60 min.
0.5 oz. Saaz pellets (3.3%AA) @ 45 min.
1 oz. crushed coriander seeds @ 15 min.
flameout, chill to 100 deg.F, rack to primary over 5 lbs. Orange Blossom Honey
mix/aerate, add chilled water to make 5 gallons around 70 deg.F
pitch a pack of Wyeast 3944
Bottle prime to 2.4 volumes CO2
according to Tastybrew…
OG: 1.072
FG: 1.018
IBU: 27
ABV: 7.0%
SRM: 4
How does that sound? I was thinking, as an option, I could cut back to 3 lbs. DME, and do a partial mash of 1 lb. Belgian Pilsner and 0.5 lb. Flaked Wheat.