Hybrid irish/belgian ale idea
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I had this idea for a beer that my wife will love, but will also be complex and interesting enough for me and my beer loving friends. So today I fired up the the stove and made up three pounds of perfectly golden inverted candi sugar rocks.......I opened up the fridge and Irish Ale Yeast (1084) just jumped out at me......so I got to thinking:
10 gallon batch
16 pounds two row
2 pounds quaker oats
3 pounds gold inverted sugar rocks
irish ale yeast fermented at 60 degrees...maybe cooler?
Mash at 154
20 IBU of magnum at 60
no finishing hops
corriander at end of boil
OG = 1.052
FG = 1.010
I am thinking the super simple grain bill might help highlight the subtle esthers of the 1084 fermented cool and the spice from corriander......
Possible replacing some two row with wheat? My wife used to love blue moon but has since shifted her tastes to more sophistaced ales...
thoughts?
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