TNGabe
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Inspired by an old bottle of Ommegang Biere de Mars I found and all the amazing beers from Anchorage, I'm planning a brett finished BdM. Open to recipe critiques and suggestions! This is for a 6 gallon batch, 75% efficiency.
Heritage (Munich) Malt 6 lbs
Pale Malt 2 lbs
Red Wheat Malt 4 lbs
Toasted Oat Malt 1 lb
Toasted Rolled Oats 8 oz
CaraVienne 8 oz
CaraMunich II 4 oz
Spec B 2 oz
DeHusk Carafa II 2 oz
Mash at 156 for 60 min, 90 min boil. Shooting for 1.056.
1 oz Motueka @ 60, 30, 15, & 0 - 45ish IBU.
Ferment with WLP072 at 64, ramping to 70 as fermentation slows.
Rack to secondary add Wyeast Brett Brux and age 6 months before bottling.
Hopefully the malt will be enough to stand up to the Motueka and the brett. What I'm waffling on is doing a spice addition in the kettle. Not usually my style, but Anchorage does such a great job with subtle spicing to round out a beers flavor. I'm considering someting along the lines of 1g allspice, 1 or 2 cloves, (maybe tiny amount of star anise) & 3.5g fresh orange peel. Hopefully the orange will compliment the motueka and the subtle spicing will marry the citrus and funk behind the malt shining through.
I can almost taste the beer thinking about it and so far I've been happy with beers I've had that feeling about. I'm a little uncertain since I've never drank a Motueka beer so I'm only going off what I've heard Motueka tastes like.
Heritage (Munich) Malt 6 lbs
Pale Malt 2 lbs
Red Wheat Malt 4 lbs
Toasted Oat Malt 1 lb
Toasted Rolled Oats 8 oz
CaraVienne 8 oz
CaraMunich II 4 oz
Spec B 2 oz
DeHusk Carafa II 2 oz
Mash at 156 for 60 min, 90 min boil. Shooting for 1.056.
1 oz Motueka @ 60, 30, 15, & 0 - 45ish IBU.
Ferment with WLP072 at 64, ramping to 70 as fermentation slows.
Rack to secondary add Wyeast Brett Brux and age 6 months before bottling.
Hopefully the malt will be enough to stand up to the Motueka and the brett. What I'm waffling on is doing a spice addition in the kettle. Not usually my style, but Anchorage does such a great job with subtle spicing to round out a beers flavor. I'm considering someting along the lines of 1g allspice, 1 or 2 cloves, (maybe tiny amount of star anise) & 3.5g fresh orange peel. Hopefully the orange will compliment the motueka and the subtle spicing will marry the citrus and funk behind the malt shining through.
I can almost taste the beer thinking about it and so far I've been happy with beers I've had that feeling about. I'm a little uncertain since I've never drank a Motueka beer so I'm only going off what I've heard Motueka tastes like.