pdellarocca
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Yam Of God v3 (for a picture please visit:http://pdellarocca.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/yam-of-god-3-0/
15 lbs 2 row
6 lbs sweet potatoes (5 mash, 1at 0 mins of the boil)
2 lbs Vienna
1 lb victory
1 lb American crystal 60
1 oz fuggles 4.8% AA(60 mins)
1 oz Hallertauer 4.75 AA (5 mins)
Yeast
1 pack Safale S-05 American Ale yeast
Other
6 lbs yams, baked and mashed
(5 mash, 1at 0 mins of the boil)
1 tbsp Irish moss
1 stick cinnamon (8 days in secondary
Total PPG: 694 SRM: 11.85 IBU:19.7
Expected OG: 6 gal @ 1.080 (70% efficiency) Target ABV: 8.5%
Mash
All grains + 5 lbs yams in 5.5 gal @ 180F ⇒ 166F
Add 1.5 qt cold water ⇒ 150F
20 min: 149F Stir. Add 4 qt @ 197F ⇒ 149F
40 min: 148F Stir
60 min: 149F
Sparge
Recirculate 2 gal, collect 3 gal
Add ~2 gal @ 190F, stir, wait 5 min, recirculate 1 gal, collect ~2gal
Add ~2 gal @ 170F, stir, wait 5 min, recirculate 1 gal, collect ~2gal
Pre-boil: 7.5 gal, 128F, 1.050 (Corr. 1.062 ⇒ 67% efficiency)
Boil
Hot break took about 35 mins in ~5C ambient
0 min: Add 1oz Fuggles (hee hee hee)
45 min: Add 1oz Hallertau, 1 lb yam and 1 tbsp Irish Moss
68 min: Flame out.
Cool to 75F (about 50 min)
Post-boil: 6 gal, 75F, 1.070 (Corr. 1.072 ⇒ 62% efficiency WTF??)
Fermentation
Day 0: [1.072] Pitch 1 pack Safale S-05 in 6 gal in plastic bucket
Day 13: [1.010] Transfer to plastic carboy, add 1 cinnamon stick suspended in mesh. wort is crazy clear, definitly more yam aroma than v2, but has a very subtle plant-y taste.
Day 28: []
Tasting notes:
The color is beautiful, like a glowing orange. Sweet potato flavor not more enhanced then original recipe. Cinnamon comes back in the aftertaste but does not help flavor at all. Leaves a powdery feeling on the top of your pallet. There is some alcoholic heat at the start but it tempers toward the middle. Overall solid specialty beer, but, I would not go with the cinnamon again.
15 lbs 2 row
6 lbs sweet potatoes (5 mash, 1at 0 mins of the boil)
2 lbs Vienna
1 lb victory
1 lb American crystal 60
1 oz fuggles 4.8% AA(60 mins)
1 oz Hallertauer 4.75 AA (5 mins)
Yeast
1 pack Safale S-05 American Ale yeast
Other
6 lbs yams, baked and mashed
(5 mash, 1at 0 mins of the boil)
1 tbsp Irish moss
1 stick cinnamon (8 days in secondary
Total PPG: 694 SRM: 11.85 IBU:19.7
Expected OG: 6 gal @ 1.080 (70% efficiency) Target ABV: 8.5%
Mash
All grains + 5 lbs yams in 5.5 gal @ 180F ⇒ 166F
Add 1.5 qt cold water ⇒ 150F
20 min: 149F Stir. Add 4 qt @ 197F ⇒ 149F
40 min: 148F Stir
60 min: 149F
Sparge
Recirculate 2 gal, collect 3 gal
Add ~2 gal @ 190F, stir, wait 5 min, recirculate 1 gal, collect ~2gal
Add ~2 gal @ 170F, stir, wait 5 min, recirculate 1 gal, collect ~2gal
Pre-boil: 7.5 gal, 128F, 1.050 (Corr. 1.062 ⇒ 67% efficiency)
Boil
Hot break took about 35 mins in ~5C ambient
0 min: Add 1oz Fuggles (hee hee hee)
45 min: Add 1oz Hallertau, 1 lb yam and 1 tbsp Irish Moss
68 min: Flame out.
Cool to 75F (about 50 min)
Post-boil: 6 gal, 75F, 1.070 (Corr. 1.072 ⇒ 62% efficiency WTF??)
Fermentation
Day 0: [1.072] Pitch 1 pack Safale S-05 in 6 gal in plastic bucket
Day 13: [1.010] Transfer to plastic carboy, add 1 cinnamon stick suspended in mesh. wort is crazy clear, definitly more yam aroma than v2, but has a very subtle plant-y taste.
Day 28: []
Tasting notes:
The color is beautiful, like a glowing orange. Sweet potato flavor not more enhanced then original recipe. Cinnamon comes back in the aftertaste but does not help flavor at all. Leaves a powdery feeling on the top of your pallet. There is some alcoholic heat at the start but it tempers toward the middle. Overall solid specialty beer, but, I would not go with the cinnamon again.
