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Red's Very Cherry Ale
We wanted to make a cherry beer-- the ingredients were selected for their (predicted) subtle contribution to the beer's flavor. The O.G. will be much higher, and the color much more red, than indicated due to the contribution of 9 lbs of frozen cherries!!
| Brewer: | Chris Pabst and Mindy Lacher | Email: | - | |||||
| Beer: | Red's Very Cherry Ale | Style: | - | |||||
| Type: | Extract | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 26 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.053 | FG: | 1.010 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 5.6% v/v (4.4% w/w) | |||||||
| Grain: | 8 oz. Flaked corn | |||||||
| Boil: | 120 minutes | SG 1.044 | 6 gallons | |||||
| 2.5 lb. Light malt extract 1 lb. Rice extract 1 lb. 7 oz. Wheat extract 1 lb. Corn sugar |
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| 9 lbs of frozen cherries will be seeped for fifteen minutes in 2.5 to 3 gallons of water at roughly 180 deg. F. The resulting extract will be added to the boiling kettle. | ||||||||
| Hops: | .4 oz. Nugget (12% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA, 60 min.) |
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| Yeast: | 5 grams each of Cooper's "Pure Brewing Yeast" and Danstar Windsor; a starter was made the day prior to brewing using roughly eight ounces of boiled and cooled "Malta Goya" malt beverage. | |||||||
| Log: | To be brewed 3/28/02. | |||||||
| Carbonation: | 2.8 volumes | Cane Sugar: 5.01 oz. for 5 gallons @ 70°F | ||||||
| 5 oz table sugar, boiled and cooled | ||||||||
| Tasting: | This should be very interesting. | |||||||
Recipe posted 03/27/02.
