- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- white labs california ale
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 5
- Original Gravity
- ??
- Final Gravity
- ??
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 60
- Color
- light amber
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 15
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 15
- Additional Fermentation
- carbed in keg for additional 15 days
- Tasting Notes
- delicious match of cascade hops and a slight hint of ginger.
just thought i'd share this recipe because after dabbling in the ginger brew a few times i finally came up with something i can be proud of ...
This ale comes through with just a slight hint of ginger rather than my not so successful attempts before which tasted like biting into a whole ginger root..in my opinion dry hopping the cascades compliments the ginger nicely. the clover honey addition was pretty much an after thought while it was in the kettle..(found it in the cabinet and thought "why not?")... great summer brew IMO.. to those looking for a nicely bitter spiced beer... brew on and enjoy.. CHEERS!!::cross:
2lbs crystal malt 80
.5lbs carapils malt
steep grains at 155F to 160F for 30 minutes
at rolling boil add 6.6lbs light dme
1oz. cluster hops (60 min. boil)
1oz cluster hops (30 min. boil)
2oz. fresh grated ginger (15 min. boil)
1lbs clover honey (15 min boil)
1 tbsp irish moss (15 min. boil)
1 oz hallertau hops (flame out)
primary ferment 15 days with WL001 cali ale yeast
secondary with 1 oz cascade hops for additional 15 days.
This ale comes through with just a slight hint of ginger rather than my not so successful attempts before which tasted like biting into a whole ginger root..in my opinion dry hopping the cascades compliments the ginger nicely. the clover honey addition was pretty much an after thought while it was in the kettle..(found it in the cabinet and thought "why not?")... great summer brew IMO.. to those looking for a nicely bitter spiced beer... brew on and enjoy.. CHEERS!!::cross:
2lbs crystal malt 80
.5lbs carapils malt
steep grains at 155F to 160F for 30 minutes
at rolling boil add 6.6lbs light dme
1oz. cluster hops (60 min. boil)
1oz cluster hops (30 min. boil)
2oz. fresh grated ginger (15 min. boil)
1lbs clover honey (15 min boil)
1 tbsp irish moss (15 min. boil)
1 oz hallertau hops (flame out)
primary ferment 15 days with WL001 cali ale yeast
secondary with 1 oz cascade hops for additional 15 days.