Moncoon
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- Recipe Type
- Extract
- Yeast
- Safale US05
- Yeast Starter
- no
- Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter
- no
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 5
- Original Gravity
- 1.051
- Final Gravity
- Missed it
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 60
- IBU
- ~38
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 6 days @ 72 F
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 8 days @ 68 F
- Tasting Notes
- see below
Malts
4# Pilsner LME
3# Light LME
10 oz Carapils
8 oz Caramunich
Hops
1.5 oz Cascade (60 min)
1.25 oz Cascade (10 min)
1.25 oz Cascade (1 min)
Other
3 pods Green Cardamom (seeds only) (60 min)
4 pods Green Cardamom (seeds only) (secondary)
This was my monumental 5th batch. I still don't know what I'm doing, but the beer keeps coming out just fine. I missed the hydrometer reading at racking and bottling on this one, but based on previous and succeeding brews with this yeast, I would assume the FG to be around 1.016-1.018.
I call it Pinochle Pale because of the Cardamom (Get it? CARDamom... Pinochle is a card game... moving on). The cardamom on it's own is a spice that has a very citrusy nose with a pepper flavor and a bit of that citrus coming through. I used it as a complement to the Cascade hops, however with the amount of aroma and flavor hop additions I used the cardamom can be difficult to detect if you don't know it's in there, but there is definitely a hint of the spice in there (yes, I know a bit contradictory).
In future attempts at this recipe (there will definitely be more, I love this beer and have loads of cardamom left) I will probably drop the aroma and flavor hop additions to 0.75 oz each to let the cardamom come through a bit more.
The Safale yeast provided a very clean, crisp finish. Before this brew I would just pitch and seal. After reading the Fermentis website about their yeasts, I now follow their advice and aerate the wort thirty minutes after pitching. This has provided a vigorous fermentation usually within 6 hours after pitching. If you are not doing this with dried yeast, you should, unless of course you are making a starter.
4# Pilsner LME
3# Light LME
10 oz Carapils
8 oz Caramunich
Hops
1.5 oz Cascade (60 min)
1.25 oz Cascade (10 min)
1.25 oz Cascade (1 min)
Other
3 pods Green Cardamom (seeds only) (60 min)
4 pods Green Cardamom (seeds only) (secondary)
This was my monumental 5th batch. I still don't know what I'm doing, but the beer keeps coming out just fine. I missed the hydrometer reading at racking and bottling on this one, but based on previous and succeeding brews with this yeast, I would assume the FG to be around 1.016-1.018.
I call it Pinochle Pale because of the Cardamom (Get it? CARDamom... Pinochle is a card game... moving on). The cardamom on it's own is a spice that has a very citrusy nose with a pepper flavor and a bit of that citrus coming through. I used it as a complement to the Cascade hops, however with the amount of aroma and flavor hop additions I used the cardamom can be difficult to detect if you don't know it's in there, but there is definitely a hint of the spice in there (yes, I know a bit contradictory).
In future attempts at this recipe (there will definitely be more, I love this beer and have loads of cardamom left) I will probably drop the aroma and flavor hop additions to 0.75 oz each to let the cardamom come through a bit more.
The Safale yeast provided a very clean, crisp finish. Before this brew I would just pitch and seal. After reading the Fermentis website about their yeasts, I now follow their advice and aerate the wort thirty minutes after pitching. This has provided a vigorous fermentation usually within 6 hours after pitching. If you are not doing this with dried yeast, you should, unless of course you are making a starter.
