I took the "C of 3 C's" recipe and tried to dial it to the lowest FG I could get to in an effort to give SWMBO a very dry, very crisp version of a cream ale. She's been bugging me to get my ales to the lightest, driest point possible.
Seemed like a reasonable request seeing as it's coming up on pool season and we'll have casual gatherings at the house all Spring and Summer. The local Soccer mom's are always all-too-eager to line up at my taps for these light summer ales.
The result...my 1.037 beer attenuated down to....
That's right ladies and gents. I have officially brewed beer with the same final gravity as....water.
FWIW...it tastes absolutely freakin awesome out of the hydro. The kolsch yeast lends a nice fruity note.
I think this may be the "pimp my BMC clone" of 2009.
Seemed like a reasonable request seeing as it's coming up on pool season and we'll have casual gatherings at the house all Spring and Summer. The local Soccer mom's are always all-too-eager to line up at my taps for these light summer ales.
- I took the corn and rice down a bit and replaced with 1# of table sugar.
- I mashed at 149 for 90 minutes.
- Boiled the crap out of it to the point that I almost had 3 boil overs.
- Pitched on a yeast cake of Kolsch yeast at 64 degrees.
- Gave it 2 weeks and racked to a secondary vessel on gelatin.
The result...my 1.037 beer attenuated down to....
That's right ladies and gents. I have officially brewed beer with the same final gravity as....water.
FWIW...it tastes absolutely freakin awesome out of the hydro. The kolsch yeast lends a nice fruity note.
I think this may be the "pimp my BMC clone" of 2009.