Friday, September 2, 2011

Emily Engdahl's Black Currant American Ale

Thanks to @emilyengdahl for the recipe.

roughly:
5 gal w
10# amer 2 row pale
1# Carapils
1# Caramel w oz
1 oz Amarillo
8oz fresh hops Willamette
4oz Hallertauer Pell

Hops in at 60, 45, 30 and 15 min increments. (split 8 oz fresh hops)

pitched Wyeast 1056 AmerAle

7 days primary, dumping 2qts black currant tea (steeped 3 days w 1oz loose tea)
3.34 lbs blackberries into stockpot w 64 oz black currant sun tea (not strained) & 1.6 oz dextrose
up to 190F for pasteurization, then strain syrup out - yield of 83.2 oz, cooled & addition at 7th day w 5.2 oz fresh hop


Work In progress