Punx Clever
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I've been tasked with producing a wedding present for my brother and his wonderful fiance (I mean really, she's damn cool). So the idea is to provide 15 gallons of homebrew for the wedding in august. 3 batches, 3 kegs.
I'm pretty set on the styles I want to make... but need recommendations for a recipe on one, and advice on how to do the other.
First brew, and this is dead set:
Klutch Grinder Apricot Koelsch
Fairly standard Koelsch with a large can of Oregon Apricot Puree thrown in secondary. Really delicious beer.
Second will be a stout/porter. Nothing terribly big or mean, just a common english stout/porter. Anyone have good recipies?
third is the kicker. We have a ranch in Northwest NM (Four corners) and one of the native trees is the Rocky Mountain Juniper. I want to use wood from the trees at the ranch to age a beer on. It has kind of a cedary smell to it and I'm not sure what would go well. Most wood-aged beers are big or dark to work with the oak... but this is a lighter more delicate wood. Any ideas would be GREAT... Maybee a Pale Ale of sorts?
This tree: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Juniper
I'm pretty set on the styles I want to make... but need recommendations for a recipe on one, and advice on how to do the other.
First brew, and this is dead set:
Klutch Grinder Apricot Koelsch
Fairly standard Koelsch with a large can of Oregon Apricot Puree thrown in secondary. Really delicious beer.
Second will be a stout/porter. Nothing terribly big or mean, just a common english stout/porter. Anyone have good recipies?
third is the kicker. We have a ranch in Northwest NM (Four corners) and one of the native trees is the Rocky Mountain Juniper. I want to use wood from the trees at the ranch to age a beer on. It has kind of a cedary smell to it and I'm not sure what would go well. Most wood-aged beers are big or dark to work with the oak... but this is a lighter more delicate wood. Any ideas would be GREAT... Maybee a Pale Ale of sorts?
This tree: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Juniper