Jonkl
Well-Known Member
For a couple weeks every year, in the prairies and the deserts, yuccas blossom with stalks of white flowers. Growing up, my brothers and I would pluck the petals and eat them, mostly because they were edible. The petals have a really mild, earthy spiciness, which I've long thought might work in a beer. This year, I'm finally making the attempt, adding them to the end of the boil in a Kolsch-like recipe, hopefully maximizing what they do taste and smell like in a beer.
Prairie Kolsch
Batch Size: 1.00 gal
Boil Time: 90 min
Efficiency: 57.00 %
Est Original Gravity: 1.043 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.008 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.6 %
Bitterness: 22.7 IBUs
Est Color: 3.6 SRM
Mashing @ 148.0 F for 75 min
1 lbs 8.0 oz Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) 75.0 %
6.0 oz White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) 18.8 %
2.0 oz Munich Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) 6.3 %
0.40 oz Willamette [4.70 %] - Boil 45.0 min 22.7 IBUs
0.25 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 mins)
1.00 oz Yucca Blossom (Boil 5.0 mins)
2.00 oz Yucca Blossom (Boil 0.0 mins)
1.0 pkg German Ale/Kolsch (White Labs #WLP029) [35.49 ml]
Prairie Kolsch
Batch Size: 1.00 gal
Boil Time: 90 min
Efficiency: 57.00 %
Est Original Gravity: 1.043 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.008 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.6 %
Bitterness: 22.7 IBUs
Est Color: 3.6 SRM
Mashing @ 148.0 F for 75 min
1 lbs 8.0 oz Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) 75.0 %
6.0 oz White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) 18.8 %
2.0 oz Munich Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) 6.3 %
0.40 oz Willamette [4.70 %] - Boil 45.0 min 22.7 IBUs
0.25 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 mins)
1.00 oz Yucca Blossom (Boil 5.0 mins)
2.00 oz Yucca Blossom (Boil 0.0 mins)
1.0 pkg German Ale/Kolsch (White Labs #WLP029) [35.49 ml]