Calitexcomin
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- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- WLP013 London Ale
- Yeast Starter
- 1000 ml starter
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 5
- Original Gravity
- 1.060
- Final Gravity
- 1.012
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 60
- IBU
- 29
- Color
- 36 SRM
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 7 days, 68F
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 10 days, 68F
- Tasting Notes
- Chocolaty, coffee-like, lightly toasted blueberry porter.
I made this a couple of months ago for a competition - surprised to win gold in the fruit beer category. Don't usually go for fruit beers, but this is a beer first with fruit accents. Lots of compliments - though I'd share it. It's a porter base with blueberry to accent it.
For 5 gallons:
8.40 lb Pale Malt (2 Row UK)
0.80 lb Crystal Malt 40L
0.80 lb Chocolate Malt 450L
0.20 lb Rauchmalt (smoked malt)
0.20 lb Brown Malt
1.40 oz Fuggles (4.70% AA) 60 minutes
0.40 oz Fuggles (5.20% AA) 10 minutes
6.00 lb Blueberry Puree (Oregon)
1 pkg London Ale Yeast (WLP013) using 1000 ml starter
Mash at 152 for 45 minutes, batch sparge
Boil for 60 minutes
Primary: 7 days at 68F
Secondary: 10 days at 68F
Add blueberry puree during secondary fermentation
Keg to 2.4 volumes
It produced chocolate, coffee, lightly toasted notes with a very faint hop flavoring right after tapping the keg. The hop flavor faded quickly - might try bumping the hops up a touch. The blueberry accents, not dominates the flavor. If you try it, let me know how it works out.
For 5 gallons:
8.40 lb Pale Malt (2 Row UK)
0.80 lb Crystal Malt 40L
0.80 lb Chocolate Malt 450L
0.20 lb Rauchmalt (smoked malt)
0.20 lb Brown Malt
1.40 oz Fuggles (4.70% AA) 60 minutes
0.40 oz Fuggles (5.20% AA) 10 minutes
6.00 lb Blueberry Puree (Oregon)
1 pkg London Ale Yeast (WLP013) using 1000 ml starter
Mash at 152 for 45 minutes, batch sparge
Boil for 60 minutes
Primary: 7 days at 68F
Secondary: 10 days at 68F
Add blueberry puree during secondary fermentation
Keg to 2.4 volumes
It produced chocolate, coffee, lightly toasted notes with a very faint hop flavoring right after tapping the keg. The hop flavor faded quickly - might try bumping the hops up a touch. The blueberry accents, not dominates the flavor. If you try it, let me know how it works out.