Its lame but i didnt find trappist ale [todo]
Sangre De La Tierra
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Note:
Concept beer using Bull's Blood or other deep red sweet beet. Beet character should be at forefront. The presentation should be effervescent, light, sweet. May be better as wine/champagne instead of ale.
Beet wines age 1-2yrs to eliminate earthiness. Simmer sliced beets 20min instead of mash. Bottling: I've read in one place that champagne is carbonated to 5.5vols. That seems high, I'll shoot for 3-4ish
Style:
root braggot
Ibu:
~16
Abv:
4.9%
Size:
5.5 gal
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Recipe
* 6lb german pilsner* 5lb fresh beetroot
* 2lb 12oz raw honey (44 fl oz, 1240g)@0min
* 2 sliced lemons
* 0.5oz Willamette(5.8%AA)@60min
* 0.25oz Willamette(5.8%AA)@20min
* 0.25oz Willamette(5.8%AA)@10min
* Dry Ale Yeast
Procedure
Mash:3.5gal@168F => 158F, higher than planned but may favor a sweet finish.
Sparge:
4.5gal@170F
Collected 7.25gal (calc from brew pot volume) w/SG 1.026@60F (85% efficiency)
Boil:
Pulled off ~1/2gal wort to simmer beets & lemon for last 20min. These SG don't say much since didn't account for evap or know exact volume.
Pre beet SG 1.032@60F
Post beet SG 1.045@60F
Beets are still firm and full of life, could boil longer or slice thinner than 1/8"
Ferment:
Added honey at 120F
Safale S-04 Dry ale yeast
nose is mostly honey, color is gorgeous
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| 118 |
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final volume too high for a change. SG a bit low. Calculated actual volume ~5.85 = [(0.85*6*37+2.75*35)/48.5]
date:
02/19/2010
SG:
1.0485 @ 60F
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| 119 |
note:
Racked to 2ndary. Descent clarity.
Taste is pleasant. Lemony up front w/nice beet finish. Hint of honey flavor. Dry. 2L cask conditioning dregs w/0.6oz priming sugar
date:
02/28/2010
SG:
1.011 @ 60F
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| 124 |
note:
kegged with 10.5oz corn sugar (~3.5vol), barely fits in keg
date:
03/11/2010
SG:
1.010 @ 60F
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| 137 |
note:
drank 750mL bottle, almost zero carbonation and thin film coating the surface (bacterial no doubt). I assume I bottled the 3 bottle conditioned bottles from the primed keg. The residual sweetness from non-carbonation was nice - honey presence really came thru with pleasant beet character. Its really quite good despite its flaws.
No real hop presence, might as well go for single addition next time. Keg didn't condition either, force carbonating to 18psi (~3vol)
date:
03/25/2010
SG:
1.0xx @ 60F
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| 144 |
note:
First impression is it was better flat. Preview 2L cask was good. Shouldn't have done 2ndary but gone straight to keg with primer instead.
extra sweetness from unfermented priming sugar. defect.
date:
04/02/2010
SG:
1.014 @ 60F
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| 146 |
note:
well carbonated and has settled down. Liked it better dry but this is very nice. A good final gravity would be in the 1.008-1.012.
Some hop presence now and again, mainly beet tho
date:
04/07/2010
SG:
1.0xx @ 60F
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