Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: Wyeast 2565
Yeast Starter: 2 liters
Batch Size (Gallons): 11
Original Gravity: 1.052
Final Gravity: 1.007
IBU: 20
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 3.3 SRM
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 5 days at 55 degrees, raising to 73 over the next three weeks to encourage attenuatio
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): None
Tasting Notes: This is a fantastic floral/citrus/herbal summer ale, light in body but flavorfull

I made my own toasted malt in the oven, and it yeilded an amazing light orange color and slight biscuit note that is just great. The real magic here is allowing the 20 ibu to shine. I fermented this beer at five days at 55 degrees and then slowly raised it over the course of the following two weeks to 73 degrees. As a result the beer is CLEAN and CRISP, but attenuated fully. THis allows the hops to shine. The spalter hops are in the forefront with the cascades/ammarillos on the finish saying "hey, remember me? mr citrus?", cleaning up after the noble/herbal/spicy/mild spalter hops. The honey and extended mash help us achieve our 1.007 FG>

This beer is %6 abv, light in body and very intersting. Great for summer time. I have two kegs of this and am so glad that I do!

This is summertime in a glass...brew it now and keg it up!



Type: All Grain Date: 4/22/2012
Batch Size (fermenter): 11.00 gal
Boil Size: 13.71 gal

Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
11 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 56.4 %
4 lbs Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain 2 20.5 %
2 lbs Toasted Malt (27.0 SRM) Grain 3 10.3 %
1 lbs Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 4 5.1 %
0.50 oz Magnum [10.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 8.8 IBUs
2.00 oz Spalter [1.50 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 6 4.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 4.8 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 8 1.9 IBUs
2.00 oz Spalter [1.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
1 lbs 8.0 oz Honey (1.0 SRM) Sugar 12 7.7 % (added at flameout)

Beer Profile

Measured Original Gravity: 1.052 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.007 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.9 %
Bitterness: 19.5
Est Color: 6.3 SRM
Mash temp = 150 degrees
mash time = 180 minutes