Anyone have any interesting twists on Graff

[Calder]

I'm making 5 gallons of Graff. It will be in 2 x 2.5 gallon fermenters.

I would like to make them both a little different. Anyone had any success on any variations on the basic Graff. Will do one per the recipe (well, close to it), and want to make the second one a little different.

 

[smokinghole]

I just did an all grain mash to add to 4 gallons of cider. I did not use the tiny bit of hops this time and went with cinnamon and a bit of nutmeg. Then for yeast I used S04.

4lbs maris otter
1lb C60
1lb Torrified Wheat
1.5lbs Pale Jaggery

 

[gratus fermentatio]

I've been playing with various grains in graf lately, had good results with honey & Munich malts. I've also been adding caraway seed, both to the boil & raw in a hop sack during secondary. IMHO, caraway goes great with apples & malt. Next experiments will be adding oats and/or rye in various forms. Regards, GF.

 

[smokinghole]

Toasted rolled oats does not sound like a bad idea. I'll have to give that a shot next time.

 

[doulovebeef]

i plan on replacing the malts with honey malt, crystal 80, carafoam and a cinnamon stick

 

[smokinghole]

I did some honey malt in the past it was good and I'm actually finishing up drinking that batch from april sometime. I think maybe next I'll try malted oats for my friends that are gluten sensitive. This time I'll add pectic enzyme straight off the bat.

 

[Calder]

Honey malt sounds like a good idea. Need to mash rather than steep to get everything out of the malt. Will put that onm the 'To-do' list.

Going to try one using Brett-B as the yeast (2.5 gallons). Because I have some sitting around waiting to be used. Anyone want to hazzard a guess as to what it will turn out like.

 

[Bombo80]

I have this one fermenting right now....

2# 2 row
2# 6 row
1# Crystal 30L
3/4# Crystal 120L
1/4# flaked Wheat
4 gallons fresh pressed cider
1 oz. home grown Mt. Hood hops (30 min)
SafAle S-04 yeast

OG of 1.056
SG as of yesterday - 1.014
Planning on letting it ferment until this weekend, then check it and possibly rack into secondary.

 

[smokinghole]

I mashed my latest batch at 158 with the following and boiled down to 1gal:

4lbs maris otter
1lb C60
1lb Torrified Wheat
1.5lbs Pale Jaggery
with some cinnamon and a touch of nutmeg

Then I added it the 4 gal Costco not from concentrate apple juice.

The OG was 1.074 and FG of 1.015 for a 8.25% abv. It's tasty. I have some champagne bottles I did up for 4 volumes of carbonation and the rest of the beer bottles its in are at like 2.7 or something. Hopefully I can stay out of it till next fall.

I might try a batch with some lager yeast next.