jjp36
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- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- Southern Tier Live
- Yeast Starter
- Yes
- Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter
- 1L
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 6
- Original Gravity
- 1.047
- Final Gravity
- 1.008
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 90
- IBU
- 25
- Color
- 3.2
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 8 @ 66
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 2 @ 32
- Additional Fermentation
- None
- Tasting Notes
- See Below
So I wanted to brew a session beer that that had to meet the following criteria:
1 - Quick Turnaround Time
2 - Had enough character to be interesting
3 - Would be appealing to non-craft beer drinkers
4 - Cheap to make
5 - Something I can drink alot of on Sundays
So I decided on a slightly hoppier version of a cream ale, using minute rice as the adjunct. The resulting beer is just what i was looking for. Slighty more bitter that your standard BMC offerings, nice light body from the rice, and enough hop flavor/aroma that I won't get bored, yet not enough to turn off people who don't like hoppy beers. If I had to compare it to something, I would say its almost like Victory Summer Love, but with a lighter body and less pronounced hop character. I brewed this beer on 8/24, cold crashed for 2 days starting 9/1, Kegged and fined with gelatin on 9/3, and pulled my first pint on 9/5. So a little under 2 weeks from grain to glass and the gelatin already has it cleared up pretty nicely. It also cost just under $20 to produce.
Ingredients
Mash @ 150F for 60 min.
1 - Quick Turnaround Time
2 - Had enough character to be interesting
3 - Would be appealing to non-craft beer drinkers
4 - Cheap to make
5 - Something I can drink alot of on Sundays
So I decided on a slightly hoppier version of a cream ale, using minute rice as the adjunct. The resulting beer is just what i was looking for. Slighty more bitter that your standard BMC offerings, nice light body from the rice, and enough hop flavor/aroma that I won't get bored, yet not enough to turn off people who don't like hoppy beers. If I had to compare it to something, I would say its almost like Victory Summer Love, but with a lighter body and less pronounced hop character. I brewed this beer on 8/24, cold crashed for 2 days starting 9/1, Kegged and fined with gelatin on 9/3, and pulled my first pint on 9/5. So a little under 2 weeks from grain to glass and the gelatin already has it cleared up pretty nicely. It also cost just under $20 to produce.
Ingredients
- 8 lbs Pils
- 2 lbs Minute Rice
Mash @ 150F for 60 min.
- 0.40 oz Columbus @ 60min (~25 IBU)
- 1.00 oz Amarillo @ Flame Out