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- Mar 15, 2010
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- 2,614
- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- Safale S-05
- Yeast Starter
- no
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 6.5 gal
- Original Gravity
- 1.053
- Final Gravity
- 1.012
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 60 min
- IBU
- 25.1
- Color
- 3.2 SRM
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 12 days
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 7 days
- Additional Fermentation
- 14 days
- Tasting Notes
- AWESOME! Can\'t keep enough on hand through the summer.
7 lbs American Pilsner Malt
1.25 German Wheat Malt
1 lb Cara-Pils
1 lb Flaked Corn
1 oz Cascade 5.0% AA @ 60 min
.5 oz Saaz 6.8% AA @ 20 min
.5 oz Saaz 6.8% AA@ 15 min
1 tsp Irish Moss @ 15 min
S-05 Yeast
Mash 6 gal @ 154F for 60 min
Sparge with 2.5 gal @170F for 10 min
Sparge with 2.5 gal @170 for 10 min
You will want 8 gal into the kettle
Boil for 60 min adding hops as noted
Ferment @ 68F for 12 days and rack ONTO 8 lbs of frozen strawberries. Do not thaw them, do not puree them, dump them into a bucket and rack the beer on top of them.
Secondary on the berries for 7 days and rack into terrtiary for another 7 days. Cold crash for 7 more days, then bottle.
You want to get as much into the primary fermenter as possible. The berries will soak up some beer and you will lose some while racking. If you boil off more than 1 gal/hr, you will want to boil more. A 6.5 gal batch nets me 53 bottles.
This beer is my all grain version of the Succulent Strawberry extract recipe listed on here. It is phenomenal! Great summer beer.
12/11/14 - Edit: After brewing this beer for several years now. I highly recommend FRESH berries. Frozen berries have coloring added to them and sometimes artificial flavors. I have had this beer become pink, and I mean grapefruit juice pink, from certain brands of frozen berries. What I have started doing is buying fresh, storing them in a freezer bag and throwing them in the freezer for a couple of days. I do not know if freezing them is necessary but it makes me feel better. It also helps to put the berries in big muslin bag, as it will help strain out some of the particles from the berries and help clear up the beer.
1.25 German Wheat Malt
1 lb Cara-Pils
1 lb Flaked Corn
1 oz Cascade 5.0% AA @ 60 min
.5 oz Saaz 6.8% AA @ 20 min
.5 oz Saaz 6.8% AA@ 15 min
1 tsp Irish Moss @ 15 min
S-05 Yeast
Mash 6 gal @ 154F for 60 min
Sparge with 2.5 gal @170F for 10 min
Sparge with 2.5 gal @170 for 10 min
You will want 8 gal into the kettle
Boil for 60 min adding hops as noted
Ferment @ 68F for 12 days and rack ONTO 8 lbs of frozen strawberries. Do not thaw them, do not puree them, dump them into a bucket and rack the beer on top of them.
Secondary on the berries for 7 days and rack into terrtiary for another 7 days. Cold crash for 7 more days, then bottle.
You want to get as much into the primary fermenter as possible. The berries will soak up some beer and you will lose some while racking. If you boil off more than 1 gal/hr, you will want to boil more. A 6.5 gal batch nets me 53 bottles.
This beer is my all grain version of the Succulent Strawberry extract recipe listed on here. It is phenomenal! Great summer beer.
12/11/14 - Edit: After brewing this beer for several years now. I highly recommend FRESH berries. Frozen berries have coloring added to them and sometimes artificial flavors. I have had this beer become pink, and I mean grapefruit juice pink, from certain brands of frozen berries. What I have started doing is buying fresh, storing them in a freezer bag and throwing them in the freezer for a couple of days. I do not know if freezing them is necessary but it makes me feel better. It also helps to put the berries in big muslin bag, as it will help strain out some of the particles from the berries and help clear up the beer.