Beer for swmbo, but I'm looking forward to it too. Our favorite flavor in the hookah is rose so I decided to make a beer for her off of that concept. I decided that a blonde ale with some honey flavor would make a good canvas for the rose and a little lemon citrus would accent it nicely:
OG 1.048
FG~1.009
~4.6% ABV
5.3 SRM
6lbs Pale Malt (US)
0.5lbs Crystal 10L
0.5lbs Honey malt
0.5lbs Flaked Wheat
Mash 152 F for 75 min
1oz Williamette 5.5% 60min = 20 IBU
US-05
zest of two lemons and 1 lb of orange blossom honey added to primary
*edit: deleting the lemon zest, and 2lb of clover honey was used instead of 1lb orange blossom*
?oz Rose Water added at bottling. I'm going to do some experimenting with an eye dropper and some light beer (maybe JW dundees honey brown) to get an approximation on how much rose water to use since the stuff varies in strength anyway. Thoughts? The recipe probably won't change since I already ordered the ingredients but I'm still interested to hear predictions.
OG 1.048
FG~1.009
~4.6% ABV
5.3 SRM
6lbs Pale Malt (US)
0.5lbs Crystal 10L
0.5lbs Honey malt
0.5lbs Flaked Wheat
Mash 152 F for 75 min
1oz Williamette 5.5% 60min = 20 IBU
US-05
zest of two lemons and 1 lb of orange blossom honey added to primary
*edit: deleting the lemon zest, and 2lb of clover honey was used instead of 1lb orange blossom*
?oz Rose Water added at bottling. I'm going to do some experimenting with an eye dropper and some light beer (maybe JW dundees honey brown) to get an approximation on how much rose water to use since the stuff varies in strength anyway. Thoughts? The recipe probably won't change since I already ordered the ingredients but I'm still interested to hear predictions.