Thursday, December 19, 2013

Christmas Wit

What do you make with the following ingredients -

Zest of grapefruit, orange and lime - is it just me or do the fruit look somehow bashful in their nakedness?
Mix with cranberries, cloves, star anise and cinnamon and then soak in brandy for a few days
Soak 300g of oats in 70 degree water for 30 minutes or so, run through a sieve and keep the gooey liquid
 Bring to the boil with four more litres of water, just don't let it boil over
Add the fruit & spice mix and boil for 20 minutes or so
With 10 minutes to go mix in 2kg of wheat malt & 1 can of wheat beer concentrate. Bring back to the boil for a few minutes, turn off the burner and throw in 40g of Tettnanger hops
Cool overnight and strain into a clean fermenter the next day, then top up to 23l or so. I pitched directly onto an existing wheat yeast trub from my ginger beer, so there will probably be additional spiciness coming through, but that will hopefully suit the beer 'style'. I'll also dry hop with 15g of Cluster once the initial krausan dies down. 

As you may have guessed this is my Christmas beer...I was a bit disorganised this year (hence the use of concentrate) so it'll turn out to be more of a late January beer, but if it tastes half as good as it smelt then it should still be tasty!

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