Stout-n-Braggot
Well-Known Member
I have some wild yeast, and certainly a few other microbes, that I harvested from raw honey (I'm lucky to have a beekeeper for a father, all the honey I could ever want to use), so far it has gotten some good mead going and is nice for carbonating single bottles of specialty soda pop. Anyhoo, I pitched some into a malt starter a few months ago and have noticed some wonderful changes and progressions in aroma and flavor. I'm planning on making a somewhat mild beer for summertime drinking (summer of next year, I know that the soured beers need a good bit of ageing and conditioning) and I want to hear what you all have to say about my tentative recipe.
Fermentables (long, low temp mash for maximum fermentability)
4 lbs 2 row
2 lbs red wheat
2 lbs flaked rye
1 lb Raspberry blossom honey (add during cool-down)
Hops
2 oz stale Hallertauer Hersbrucker (enought to get IBUs to about 15)
OG estimate: 1.47-1.52
FG estomate: 1.010-1.007
ABV: ~5%
How does it look?
I've tossed around the idea of using this wild yeast for a fruit lambic too, a friend and I decided that the flavors it produces might go well with apple...
I've got plenty of the yeast stored away, so any recipe suggestions for the future are apreciated as well!
Fermentables (long, low temp mash for maximum fermentability)
4 lbs 2 row
2 lbs red wheat
2 lbs flaked rye
1 lb Raspberry blossom honey (add during cool-down)
Hops
2 oz stale Hallertauer Hersbrucker (enought to get IBUs to about 15)
OG estimate: 1.47-1.52
FG estomate: 1.010-1.007
ABV: ~5%
How does it look?
I've tossed around the idea of using this wild yeast for a fruit lambic too, a friend and I decided that the flavors it produces might go well with apple...
I've got plenty of the yeast stored away, so any recipe suggestions for the future are apreciated as well!