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Ginger Beer
This was inspired by the ginger beer at PF Changs (found out they use a pale ale and mix with ginger extract when poured) and adapted fro Morgan Pierceheart's Ginger beer recipe.
| Brewer: | Doug Kraus | Email: | krausdoug@hotmail.com | |||||
| Beer: | Ginger Beer | Style: | American Pale Ale | |||||
| Type: | Extract | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 16 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.052 | FG: | 1.004 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 6.2% v/v (4.8% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | Used tap water that set to allow cholorine to clear. Added 1 tsp gypsum and 1 tsp irish moss. | |||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.047 | 5.5 gallons | |||||
| 3 lb. Light malt extract 4 lb. Amber malt extract |
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| Hops: | 1 oz. Willamette (4.5% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Willamette (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | Whitelabs WLP001 California Ale Yeast (liquid) | |||||||
| Log: | Added 2 oz of fresh grated ginger at 60 minutes and at 5 minutes. | |||||||
| Carbonation: | Kegged. | |||||||
| Tasting: | First impressions - yuck! Turned out I haven't learned to carbonate well yet, and once I got the carbination level up to where it should be this turned out to be a clean, smooth, gingery ale. A good balance of light hops and ginger flavor. | |||||||
Recipe posted 05/28/07.
