MarkIafrate
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone,
I'm excited to get some more brew sessions under my belt, so I'm going to be picking up some ingredients for a regular pale ale after work. I'm going to split the 5 gallon batch into two, 2.5 gallon batches. One will be done without modifications to the recipe and the other I'm going to try and do a jalapeno addition.
I live in Charlotte, NC and Birdsong Brewing Company did a fantastic Jalapeno Ale using an infuser. Apparently for an entire batch they used only two peppers. Since I'm planning on either a) adding the peppers at flameout or b) racking over them into secondary, I was wondering how many I should use. I've looked around and asked people but I always get different answers. Most agree than I need to slice and clean them out, but I've heard people suggest a lot and some suggest just using a couple.
If I were to add to flameout and to secondary, how many should I use for a 2.5 gallon batch? What about if I just added to secondary? In the end my goal is to make a beer with lots of jalapeno flavor but not a lot of heat, if that helps.
Thanks in advance!
Mark
I'm excited to get some more brew sessions under my belt, so I'm going to be picking up some ingredients for a regular pale ale after work. I'm going to split the 5 gallon batch into two, 2.5 gallon batches. One will be done without modifications to the recipe and the other I'm going to try and do a jalapeno addition.
I live in Charlotte, NC and Birdsong Brewing Company did a fantastic Jalapeno Ale using an infuser. Apparently for an entire batch they used only two peppers. Since I'm planning on either a) adding the peppers at flameout or b) racking over them into secondary, I was wondering how many I should use. I've looked around and asked people but I always get different answers. Most agree than I need to slice and clean them out, but I've heard people suggest a lot and some suggest just using a couple.
If I were to add to flameout and to secondary, how many should I use for a 2.5 gallon batch? What about if I just added to secondary? In the end my goal is to make a beer with lots of jalapeno flavor but not a lot of heat, if that helps.
Thanks in advance!
Mark