cuinrearview
Well-Known Member
I finally found a way to get the wife into brewing, and I may have kicked myself square in the junk by opening my mouth.
Days after announcing that I was to get back into brewing, we were sitting around watching the tele. Mind you, I had already found the site and the thoughts were swirling pretty much all day about the brewing process, so I was feeling pretty confident. She was drinking one of those stupid "Mojito malt beverages" that the girls seem to like. She started to talk about mint in beer. I told her "ya, we can do that, let me research a bit and we'll find something you'll like". Now, I know what she likes, and I've tasted the $hit she was drinking and I know what she expects.
She has been really cool about the whole brewing thing, even helping me with the "comeback batch". I've since brewed an amber that went onto the cake from the first batch (an APA) and is in the primary, and I'm thinking about a wheat. She lacks the patience that is needed for brewing, and is hounding me for her "mojito" beer. I've looked and the only mint recipes that I can find are pretty much chocolate stouts. Obviously, that won't work. At the same time, I've been thinking about a wheat recipe. So, here's what I'm thinking for 5 gallons:
6lbs wheat (dry or liquid extract)
1oz tett. for 60 mins.
mint, lemon and orange zest at 15? min. (need to research amounts a bit, but will probably follow what the citrus wheat recipe on here calls for)
A clean yeast, either WLP001 or the american wheat
Two weeks in primary, probably two more in bottles with a larger than normal primer to give lots of bubbles.
So, how does this sound? It sounds like a great laying on an air matress in the lake beer to me, but she can't wait that long.
Please feel free to chime in.
Days after announcing that I was to get back into brewing, we were sitting around watching the tele. Mind you, I had already found the site and the thoughts were swirling pretty much all day about the brewing process, so I was feeling pretty confident. She was drinking one of those stupid "Mojito malt beverages" that the girls seem to like. She started to talk about mint in beer. I told her "ya, we can do that, let me research a bit and we'll find something you'll like". Now, I know what she likes, and I've tasted the $hit she was drinking and I know what she expects.
She has been really cool about the whole brewing thing, even helping me with the "comeback batch". I've since brewed an amber that went onto the cake from the first batch (an APA) and is in the primary, and I'm thinking about a wheat. She lacks the patience that is needed for brewing, and is hounding me for her "mojito" beer. I've looked and the only mint recipes that I can find are pretty much chocolate stouts. Obviously, that won't work. At the same time, I've been thinking about a wheat recipe. So, here's what I'm thinking for 5 gallons:
6lbs wheat (dry or liquid extract)
1oz tett. for 60 mins.
mint, lemon and orange zest at 15? min. (need to research amounts a bit, but will probably follow what the citrus wheat recipe on here calls for)
A clean yeast, either WLP001 or the american wheat
Two weeks in primary, probably two more in bottles with a larger than normal primer to give lots of bubbles.
So, how does this sound? It sounds like a great laying on an air matress in the lake beer to me, but she can't wait that long.
Please feel free to chime in.