I have some leftover pure apple juice (unpasteurized, lightly filtered) and I want to try making an ale out of some of it. Not hard cider with a bit of malt, but actually an apple beer, with hops and ale yeast and all.
beercalculus.com doesn't have an entry for apple juice so I'm not quite sure how much malt/AJ i will need to give me a beer in the 5-6% range. I haven't hydrometer'd the AJ yet.
I'm also undecided on what type of style would be most appropriate for an apple beer. I'm thinking something brown but I'm still debating. What type of hops would work? I'm thinking something not too strong or acidic.
The recipe database seems to be devoid of such ales. I'm probably going to try to cook up 4-5lbs of LME, add 2-3 gallons of AJ and top off with either water or more AJ depending on what my hydrometer tells me.
Any experiences or advice people could share?
beercalculus.com doesn't have an entry for apple juice so I'm not quite sure how much malt/AJ i will need to give me a beer in the 5-6% range. I haven't hydrometer'd the AJ yet.
I'm also undecided on what type of style would be most appropriate for an apple beer. I'm thinking something brown but I'm still debating. What type of hops would work? I'm thinking something not too strong or acidic.
The recipe database seems to be devoid of such ales. I'm probably going to try to cook up 4-5lbs of LME, add 2-3 gallons of AJ and top off with either water or more AJ depending on what my hydrometer tells me.
Any experiences or advice people could share?