DFH Tweason'Ale recipe guesses?

[mergs]

Brewed this for the wife (and mother-in-law) last year - both are gluten intolerant

9 gallon batch

7lbs Sorghum
5lbs Buckwheat Honey
0.50oz Magnum (14% AA) 60 mins
0.25oz Magnum (14% AA) 15 mins
Irish Moss 15 mins
0.25oz Magnum
8.00oz Malto-Dextrine 5 mins
2pkgs S-05 Safale American Yeast

10lbs Strawberries (frozen, good quality) to secondary for 10 days

My wife prefers this over DFH Tweason'Ale.


Mergs - I think 10lbs of strawberries in 5.5gal is going to be very overpowering.

Gus, thanks a lot for that recommendation... I've been doing some reading lately and the consensus seems to be about 1/2 to 1 lb of fruit (depending on the type). Your recipe above and your real-world taste test only confirms I have too much fruit in the recipe. Thank you.

I've had this batch in primary for about 10 days and I'm going up to the country tomorrow to do some u-pick strawberries (tomorrow is the first day of picking in fact, and perfect timing too for the batch). I plan to get about 5 lbs (1 lb for eating and 4 lbs or so for brewing).

Hopefully I will have some time tomorrow night to rack from primary into secondary on top of the fruit. I'll let that go for 10 days too.

Thanks!

 

[texwake]

Damn its been since 2012 since I last replied to this thread. Does anyone have any tweaks or pointers for this recipe? I am going to attempt this tomorrow I think.

 

[pshankstar]

I have to ask what is the 1 tsp of DAP? Never heard of DAP before. Sorry for the newbie question.

Thanks in advance!

 

[max42]

DAP is a yeast nutrient, diammonium phosphate, check various home brew suppliers

 

[pshankstar]

DAP is a yeast nutrient, diammonium phosphate, check various home brew suppliers

Great, thank you!

 

[Doctor_M]

Just a heads up for those that don't know dfh is ceasing production of this beer.

 

[RVAgaffer]

Just a heads up for those that don't know dfh is ceasing production of this beer.

I am not sure if my tastes have changed over time or if the quality has gone down over time but every time I had this beer it got worse. When it originally came out it was one of the best commercial GF beers but I got a bottle of it last week from the store and the only reason I finished it was because I paid for it.

Hopefully they will replace it with a millet based GF beer.

 

[pshankstar]

I recently brewed the following after enjoying DFH's Tweason Ale so much:

5 Gallon Batch

6 lbs Briess Sorghum Extract 60 min
2 lbs Buckwheat Honey 30 min
1 lb 7.5 ozs Strawberry flavored Blue Agave Syrup
1 oz NZ Motueka 60 min
0.5 oz NZ Motueka 15 min
0.5 oz NZ Motueka 5 min
1 tsp DAP 15 min
1 tsp Irish Moss 15 min
1 tsp Gypsum 15 min
WLP 002 English Ale yeast

I racked 2.5 gallons onto 5lbs of frozen strawberries in secondary. I bottled 2.5 gallons with a strawberry extract flavoring. I want to compare the real fruit vs. extract flavoring.

I brewed this recipe a few weeks ago for my wife who loves Tweason'ale (although not gluten free) and is sad they are no longer going to make it. Well she was very happy with it. The only difference I did was use the Wyeast 1318 yeast since my LHBS was out of WLP002.

I would like to make this again, but instead of using the Sorghum (so expensive) try to find a base malt and specialty grain combo that would be a good substitute and help keep the cost down. I have come up with the following recipe that I may try, but wanted to throw out there to see what others may think. Also, I would like to say thanks to @stefan1011 for sharing his recipe.

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 8.03 gal
Post Boil Volume: 7.28 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.63 gal
Estimated OG: 1.074 SG
Estimated Color: 4.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 21.7 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 115.6 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
5 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 29.0 %
3 lbs Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 17.4 %
8.0 oz Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 3 2.9 %
4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 4 1.4 %
1.00 oz Motueka [6.60 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 16.1 IBUs
2 lbs Buckwheat Honey [Boil for 30 min](1.0 SR Sugar 6 11.6 %
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 7 -
0.50 oz Motueka [6.60 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 4.0 IBUs
1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 mins) Other 9 -
1.00 tsp Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Boil 15.0 mins Water Agent 10 -
0.50 oz Motueka [6.60 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 11 1.6 IBUs
1 lbs 8.0 oz Agave Nector/Syrup [Boil for 5 min](1.5 Sugar 12 8.7 %
1.0 pkg London Ale III (Wyeast Labs #1318) [124. Yeast 13 -
5 lbs Fruit - Strawberry (0.0 SRM) Adjunct 14 29.0 %


Mash Schedule: BIAB, Full Body
Total Grain Weight: 17 lbs 4.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Saccharification Add 8.67 gal of water at 158.7 F 152.0 F 60 min

Sparge: If steeping, remove grains, and prepare to boil wort
Notes:
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Add the honey at 30 mins during boil.
Rack onto 5lbs of frozen strawberries in the secondary. Let it site for 2-4 weeks.

 

[stefan1011]

Glad to see this recipe has been brewed by others! Sad to read the DFH is discontinuing this beer.

Cheers, pshankstar! Your recipe looks great. I would love to brew it, but have have to stick with GF ingredients due to my allergy. Let us know how it turns out. Thanks for the mention!

 

[pshankstar]

I wanted to post an update. Since brewing the recipe listed in this thread I have now brewed it two more times, making it three time total! My wife and her friend (who is GF) love this beer and it will be a staple to have on hand for my wife at all times!

Also, my wife's friend who is GF hates all the other commercial GF beers and is so sad DFH no longer makes Tweason'Ale. So this is a great alternative for her! For those who are GF this is a great fruit beer recipe!