Raspberry Summer Ale

This recipe is a mofification of an earlier wheat beer with raspberry extract. I added frozen raspberries to try for a more wine-cooler-like taste. I want a fruity, light summer drink. I expect that this will be one for the ladies, but also refreshing for anyone.

Brewer:	Harry's Homebrew		Email:	hstearns@chartermi.net
Beer:	Raspberry Summer Ale		Style:	American Wheat
Type:	Extract		Size:	6 gallons
Color:	5 HCU (~4 SRM)		Bitterness:	7 IBU
OG:	1.080		FG:	1.020
Alcohol:	7.7% v/v (6.1% w/w)
Water:	Softened well-water. Our water tends to a lot of iron and other minerals.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.160	3 gallons
	3.08 lb. Light dry malt extract 3.39 lb. Wheat extract 5.14 lb. Honey
	1 tsp. Irish Moss at last 15 minutes. Added 6 lbs. frozen raspberries to primary, poured hot wort over raspberries.
Hops:	1 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 60 min.)
Yeast:	22 grams of Nottingham Ale yeast
Log:	To primary 2/27/2004 - fermentation started early and ran continuous for 4 days. To secondary 3/4/2004.
Carbonation:	Add 4 oz. raspberry natural extract at bottling. 5 oz. cane sugar
Tasting:	04/02/2004 - Tasted after 2 weeks in the bottle and this is a really good fruit-beer. Taste is similar to a wine cooler and alcohol content is high. Think this will be one of my more popular ales.

Recipe posted 04/03/04.