Brizzo
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So this past Sunday I decided to harvest my 7 hop plants that my parents are babysitting for me in Maine while I am spending a few Years in Connecticut. I didn't want to deal with drying all of them so I decided I would make a harvest ale and then split into two batches and ferment one as an American pale ale and one as a farmhouse/saison style. I just made a 11 gallon neutral base and then did hop stands with fresh picked wet hops at the end of the boil in each split
The base recipe I threw together was:
16lbs pale 2 row
4lbs Vienna
2lbs wheat
1lb rye
1lb crystal 20
1oz magnum 15% @60
.5 magnum 12% @30
At the end of the boil I split 5.5 gallons into 2 pots.
For the farmhouse ale I did a hop stand with 3ozs of wet 2nd yr mt hood and 1 oz of wet 2nd magnum for 90 mins then chilled with an immersion chiller and transferred into a carboy and pitched danstar belle de saison yeast (I checked this 6 hrs after pitching and it was bubbling like crazy)
The American pale ale I did a hop stand with 4.3 ozs wet centennial, 2.5 ozs of wet cascades, 6.5 ozs of wet nuggets and 4.6 ozs of wet Columbus I did a 90 min hop stand with these as well and the. Cooled and transferred into a carboy and pitched with s05. This one was also pumping away after about 6 hrs. The hydro sample came in around 1.064 and both samples tasted good, lots of aroma and a smooth taste from the fresh hops. The apa was citrus, pine and a little dank but very very smooth.
The farmhouse beer was tasty, smooth, slight citrus, slight floral but not over bitter
I will let the farmhouse style go for about 3 months and I will check the apa here in 2 or 3 weeks. I will keep this updated
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The base recipe I threw together was:
16lbs pale 2 row
4lbs Vienna
2lbs wheat
1lb rye
1lb crystal 20
1oz magnum 15% @60
.5 magnum 12% @30
At the end of the boil I split 5.5 gallons into 2 pots.
For the farmhouse ale I did a hop stand with 3ozs of wet 2nd yr mt hood and 1 oz of wet 2nd magnum for 90 mins then chilled with an immersion chiller and transferred into a carboy and pitched danstar belle de saison yeast (I checked this 6 hrs after pitching and it was bubbling like crazy)
The American pale ale I did a hop stand with 4.3 ozs wet centennial, 2.5 ozs of wet cascades, 6.5 ozs of wet nuggets and 4.6 ozs of wet Columbus I did a 90 min hop stand with these as well and the. Cooled and transferred into a carboy and pitched with s05. This one was also pumping away after about 6 hrs. The hydro sample came in around 1.064 and both samples tasted good, lots of aroma and a smooth taste from the fresh hops. The apa was citrus, pine and a little dank but very very smooth.
The farmhouse beer was tasty, smooth, slight citrus, slight floral but not over bitter
I will let the farmhouse style go for about 3 months and I will check the apa here in 2 or 3 weeks. I will keep this updated
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