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**Alamo_Beer** · 02-18-2007, 10:23 PM

oh yeah right on brewman! are you doing an all grain?

how many lb's of cranberrys did you decide to do?

I'll be doing mine in a week or two...

let me know how it goes

brewman ! · 02-18-2007, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by greenhornet

oh yeah right on brewman! are you doing an all grain?

how many lb's of cranberrys did you decide to do?

I'll be doing mine in a week or two...

let me know how it goes

Yeah, it will be all grain. I was going to brew it last night, but I had to make a few changes to my steam system. I'll be using 24 ozs of fresh, frozen cranberries. Probably mash them and steep them at 170F after the boil.

I'll let you know how it turns out. I hope to brew it next weekend, but it might happen tomorrow night.

**Alamo_Beer** · 02-19-2007, 12:14 AM

are you going to put the cranberrys into the primary?

The book says to put them into the secondary and rack the beer on top of it..

wouldn't putting them into the primary ferment out more of the berry's sugar/flavor?

I've got no idea i'm just guessing..

good luck

brewman ! · 02-19-2007, 02:05 AM

I'm brewing this right now. The mash has been going for 20 minutes now @ 66C.

I brewed a ginger peach last weekend. I added the peaches to the boil after it had cooled down to 175F or so and let them steep for 30 minutes. I'm going to do the same with the cranberries.

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wouldn't putting them into the primary ferment out more of the berry's sugar/flavor?

They should ferment the same either way. Steeping them will kill any bacteria. The longer they sit in the beer the greater the flavor extraction should be. My ginger peach smelled delicious fermenting. Who needs air fresheners ? *chuckle.

**Alamo_Beer** · 02-19-2007, 02:52 AM

alright man I'll believe you...tell me how it goes bc i'm pretty excited about it..

take it easy and good luck

brewman ! · 02-19-2007, 03:43 PM

I brewed it last night. Judging by the wort, that is going to be a fairly dark beer. I'm quite interested to see how it will turn out. I used 1 pound of cranberries. My SG was about 1.048 without the cranberries. Its fermenting nicely this morning.

Here are some pictures.

http://picasaweb.google.com/beermeister1/SteamMashing/photo#5033269610924137970

http://picasaweb.google.com/beermeister1/SteamMashing/photo#5033269610924137986

brewman ! · 03-31-2007, 12:24 AM

Well, I just finished drinking the first bottle of this and its the best beer I ever brewed ! I think some of that has to do with the fact that I steam mashed it, but its just a great beer too.

Its fairly dark and I generally don't like dark beers. It has a faint cranberry taste. Its just slightly tart/puckery. It has no aftertaste, its very smooth.

I'm very happy with it.

brewman ! · 04-06-2007, 02:17 AM

Well, we had this beer with dinner and its really excellent.

Its cold here tonight, so I cooked up hearty thick spicy vegetable soup. I made chicken sandwiches from big toasted white buns with leftover chicken with mayo, hot mustard, lettuce and tomatoes.

And we each had a Cranberry Ale in a tall glass. I should have taken a picture. It was delicious. The beer complimented the soup well.

I wouldn't have said anything here tonight except my wife, normally not a dark beer drinker, remarked how good the meal AND THE BEER was. She really likes this beer with a meal. And this beer gets better as it ages too.

I highly recommend this recipe. Thanks for sharing it, GH.

**Alamo_Beer** · 04-06-2007, 03:03 AM

Crap! posted twice

**Alamo_Beer** · 04-06-2007, 03:04 AM

Haha no problem Brewman! Only wish I had come up with it!!

Well crap man....I told myself that the beer I brewed last night would be the last of the "season" bc it's getting hot already but you're making this sound so good that I might have to brew it up

Maybe you should add it to the recipe database?

Hey did you ever look at the lager chapter of that book?

Take it easy