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Honey Apricot Ale
Looking for a simple light summer brew, and something to talk about at our next fruit/herb/specialty brew session.
| Brewer: | ChriSto | Email: | - | |||||
| Beer: | Honey Apricot Ale | Style: | Fruit/Vegetable | |||||
| Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 18 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.054 | FG: | 1.005 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 6.3% v/v (5.0% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | Savannah tap | |||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.045 | 6 gallons | |||||
| 3.67 lb. Light dry malt extract 1.05 lb. Wheat extract 1.57 lb. Honey |
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| Irish moss at 15 minutes | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1 oz. Willamette (5% AA, 60 min.) | |||||||
| Yeast: | Nottingham dry | |||||||
| Log: | Primary at 70° for 8 days. Racked on top of 4 lbs of sliced pureed apricots in light syrup. Secondary at 70° for 9 days. | |||||||
| Carbonation: | 3/4 cup priming sugar | |||||||
| Tasting: | At bottling, honey is overpowering. Finished very dry with very low FG. Apricots smell good in there. Hop aroma nil. Sweet tasting from honey, mead-like with only slight bitterness. Definitely would cut back on the honey by half and use more double the wheat next time. Over time, the honey has dissipated. Tart from the apricots. Definitely refreshing. |
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Recipe posted 08/08/06.
