It's hot as balls here in Oakland, so I'm gonna brew up another summery ale. The jasmine is blooming all over the place here, and I've been wanting to brew with it for quite some time, so I put this recipe together:
3 gallon batch
[Edited 5/11/12 to reflect what I actually brewed]
Grain bill:
1.5 lbs rice syrup solids, at start of boil
1.5 lbs orange blossom honey, at 10 minutes
2 lb millet, soaked and lightly toasted, then cracked and cooked into a porridge
2 lb bananas, pureed
0.5 lbs rice hulls
Hop schedule:
0.2 oz Palisades (7.8% AA) at 60 min
0.4 oz Palisades at 15 min
0.4 oz Palisades at 5 min
1 oz dried elder flowers in the mash
2 oz dried rose petals at flameout
2 oz jasmine pearl tea, soaked in clear corn whisky, added to secondary for 7 days
Step-mash bananas and millet: 30 min at 90°F, 30 min at 122°F, 60 min at 150°F. Add elder flowers, sparge into kettle with 180°F water to make up ~3.5 gallons. Proceed to boil.
US-05 American Ale yeast
IBU's: 27.2
Measured OG: 1.042 (Target was 1.053)
Target FG: 1.014
Likely ABV: 3.7%
I may add a few oz of vanilla extract at bottling, probably to just half the batch, as I know it's the secret ingredient in Anderson Valley's "Cerveza Crema" (which was my FAVORITE summer ale). I'm going for something light and floral (hence the Palisades hops), with some rose and jasmine aroma but solid beer flavor. Wish me luck!
3 gallon batch
[Edited 5/11/12 to reflect what I actually brewed]
Grain bill:
1.5 lbs rice syrup solids, at start of boil
1.5 lbs orange blossom honey, at 10 minutes
2 lb millet, soaked and lightly toasted, then cracked and cooked into a porridge
2 lb bananas, pureed
0.5 lbs rice hulls
Hop schedule:
0.2 oz Palisades (7.8% AA) at 60 min
0.4 oz Palisades at 15 min
0.4 oz Palisades at 5 min
1 oz dried elder flowers in the mash
2 oz dried rose petals at flameout
2 oz jasmine pearl tea, soaked in clear corn whisky, added to secondary for 7 days
Step-mash bananas and millet: 30 min at 90°F, 30 min at 122°F, 60 min at 150°F. Add elder flowers, sparge into kettle with 180°F water to make up ~3.5 gallons. Proceed to boil.
US-05 American Ale yeast
IBU's: 27.2
Measured OG: 1.042 (Target was 1.053)
Target FG: 1.014
Likely ABV: 3.7%
I may add a few oz of vanilla extract at bottling, probably to just half the batch, as I know it's the secret ingredient in Anderson Valley's "Cerveza Crema" (which was my FAVORITE summer ale). I'm going for something light and floral (hence the Palisades hops), with some rose and jasmine aroma but solid beer flavor. Wish me luck!