All-Grain - Ginger Ale - 3rd place 2009 HBT BJCP Comp
Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Safale US-05 Yeast Starter: n/a Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: n/a Batch Size (Gallons): 5 Original Gravity: 1.049 Final Gravity: 1.014 IBU: 32.9 IBU Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: 2.9 SRM Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 @ 66 Additional Fermentation: n/a Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7 @ 66 Tasting Notes: Ginger flavor is dominant but not overpowering.
The original and final gravities in the recipe are the estimates at 75% efficiency. My actual OG and FG for the contest winning version were:
OG: 1.045
FG: 1.002
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Ingredients for Mashing
Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 48.48 %
1.25 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 15.15 %
Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 7.88 qt of water at 164.0 F 154.0 F
Drain Mash Tun
Batch Sparge Round 1: Sparge with 5.33 gal of 175.0 F water
Boil Wort
Add water to achieve boil volume of 6.42 gal
Estimated pre-boil gravity is 1.040 (note this estimate includes honey)
Boil Ingredients
Boil Amount Item Type
60 min 1.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (60 min) Hops
60 min 3.00 lb Honey (1.0 SRM) Sugar
30 min 2.00 items Lemon Juice (per lemon) (Boil 30.0 min) Misc
30 min 6.00 oz Ginger Root (Boil 30.0 min) Misc
15 min 1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
10 min 2.00 oz Ginger Root (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
10 min 2.00 items Lemon Zest (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
2 min 1.00 oz Williamette [5.50 %] (2 min) Hops
Cool and Prepare Fermentation
Cool wort to fermentation temperature
Transfer wort to fermenter
Add water to achieve final volume of 5.00 gal
Ingredients for Fermentation
Amount Item Type % or IBU
1 Pkgs Safale (DCL Yeast #US-05) Yeast-Ale
Fermentation
Primary fermentation (14 days at 68.0 F)
Secondary fermentation (7 days at 68.0 F)
Add to Secondary
Amount Item Type % or IBU
2.50 oz Ginger Root (Secondary 7.0 days) Misc
I've only done this twice so far. The first time was extract, the second all-grain, so it's a little hard to compare.
With the recipe as written, it's got a nice ginger nose and a good, strong ginger flavor without much bite. The base beer still comes through nicely. It's also bright and has excellent head retention.
A friend of mine (not a beer drinker) drank enough at a sitting to forget whose house he was at
All-Grain - Ginger Ale - 3rd place 2009 HBT BJCP Comp
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