Then I noticed the crabapple crop on the tree, and went eureka! This is the result; a fairly typical farmhouse ale with only three malts (pils, wheat, and rolled oats). I should get some interesting flavours from the wild yeast, as well as some acidity. The other thing I was playing with was a looong boil to develop some melanoidins.
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Showing posts with label French Ale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label French Ale. Show all posts
Sunday, October 9, 2016
Crabapple Bier de Garde
Hopefully this works....I decided to finally break down and buy Beersmith (2.3.7). Thus far it seems to be worth it, but I rather wanted to check how accurate it is with mash schedules. One of the brews I wanted to do was a bier de gard; something with an extremely simple grain bill, a combination of wild and saison yeast, fairly low hop.
Then I noticed the crabapple crop on the tree, and went eureka! This is the result; a fairly typical farmhouse ale with only three malts (pils, wheat, and rolled oats). I should get some interesting flavours from the wild yeast, as well as some acidity. The other thing I was playing with was a looong boil to develop some melanoidins.
Then I noticed the crabapple crop on the tree, and went eureka! This is the result; a fairly typical farmhouse ale with only three malts (pils, wheat, and rolled oats). I should get some interesting flavours from the wild yeast, as well as some acidity. The other thing I was playing with was a looong boil to develop some melanoidins.
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Near 100% Wheat
I decided I wanted to see what a wheat beer really tastes like--with the BIAB system, you don't have to worry too much about stuck sparges. So, I went with a grain bill which was almost entirely wheat, other than colour malts (sadly, chocolate wheat wasn't available), to make something like a weizenbock.
That /was/ the plan. Then I thought about making it into a wit beer, with only a 15minute boil.
Then a friend sent some wild Washington bolete mushrooms to me--and a day later, someone on a homebrewing group mentioned making a bier de garde with black chanterelles. And the new idea was born.
That /was/ the plan. Then I thought about making it into a wit beer, with only a 15minute boil.
Then a friend sent some wild Washington bolete mushrooms to me--and a day later, someone on a homebrewing group mentioned making a bier de garde with black chanterelles. And the new idea was born.
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