Re: A PerlMonk's favorite vacation destination:

Microbrewery! Not to drink so much but to brew up some beer!

UPDATE: Official entry for this recipe with the home brewer's website

Beer Recipe

Yield: 10 gallons

QTY	Ingredient	Notes
25lbs	Two Row Malt
2lbs	Belgian Biscuit
2lbs	40L Crystal
2lbs	Belgian Candi Sugar
2 oz	Saaz Hops	Bittering
2 oz	Saaz Hops	Aroma
2 oz	Ginger	Add last 15 minutes of boil
2 oz	Bitter Orange Peel	Add last 15 minutes of boil

Mash grains at 154F for 60 minutes, mash out at 165F and sparge. Vorlauf until wort runs clear and rinse grains for 12-15 gallons of wort. Add candi sugar and bring to a rolling boil and add bittering hops, boil for 60 minutes. Last 15 minutes of the boil add spices and aroma hops. Cool to 80F and add yeast. Belgian ale yeast works best. (Wyeast #1214)

Ferment for one week or until fermentation ceases visible activity. Add two cups of DME to 1 quart of water and boil. Rack off half the beer to a bottling bucket and add half the sugar mixure. Add 1 packet of champagne yeast to bottling bucket and mix well. Bottle in 750ML Belgian Ale Bottles, cork and tie shut with wire bales. Repeat with other half of the beer

Allow to bottle condition for another six weeks before opening first bottle.

Enjoy!

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Re^2: A PerlMonk's favorite vacation destination: by mikeock (Hermit) on Nov 08, 2005 at 19:52 UTC
Microbrewery! Not to drink so much but to brew up some beer! Why would you brew if you are not going to drink?	[reply]
Re^3: A PerlMonk's favorite vacation destination: by blue_cowdawg (Monsignor) on Nov 08, 2005 at 20:13 UTC
Why would you brew if you are not going to drink? Brew now... drink later. Too much drinking while brewing can spoil the brew!	[reply]
Re^4: A PerlMonk's favorite vacation destination: by mikeock (Hermit) on Nov 08, 2005 at 20:15 UTC
Ok. I'll give you that... Hows it taste?	[reply]
Re^5: A PerlMonk's favorite vacation destination: by blue_cowdawg (Monsignor) on Nov 08, 2005 at 20:27 UTC
Re^6: A PerlMonk's favorite vacation destination: by mikeock (Hermit) on Nov 08, 2005 at 20:31 UTC
Re^2: A PerlMonk's favorite vacation destination: by zentara (Archbishop) on Nov 09, 2005 at 12:23 UTC
How about coffee-beer I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh	[reply]
Re^3: A PerlMonk's favorite vacation destination: by mikeock (Hermit) on Nov 09, 2005 at 17:11 UTC
Coffee & Beer? There is a heaven!	[reply]
Re: A PerlMonk's favorite vacation destination: by jonadab (Parson) on Nov 11, 2005 at 01:19 UTC
How about coffee-beer I think that would have to be just about the worst-smelling beverage ever devised. From an olefactory perspective, I don't like to be in the same room with either of those items, much less both at once. As for me, skip the coffee and beer; just give me dark chocolate, and nobody gets hurt.	[reply]
Re^2: A PerlMonk's favorite vacation destination: by Theo (Priest) on Nov 11, 2005 at 06:00 UTC
A monk after my own heart! "Chocolate may not solve a problem, but it does put in a whole new perspective." -Theo- (so many nodes and so little time ... )	[reply]
Re^2: A PerlMonk's favorite vacation destination: by zentara (Archbishop) on Nov 11, 2005 at 13:09 UTC
If we are voting on "olefactory pleasure", nothing beats bud,(not the beer-kind). I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh	[reply]
Re^2: A PerlMonk's favorite vacation destination: by wolfger (Deacon) on Nov 09, 2005 at 16:04 UTC
25lbs Two Row Malt How much DME would that be? I have a suitably large brewing vessel, but I am limited to partial mashes for lack of a proper mash pot. -- Random Synapse Firing	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: A PerlMonk's favorite vacation destination: by blue_cowdawg (Monsignor) on Nov 09, 2005 at 16:51 UTC
How much DME would that be? Hmmm.... not sure... I've never brewed with DME. Malt Syrup, yes, but never DME. The last time I used extract to brew a "Belgian-ish" type brew I used about 3 cans (9.9 lbs) of Muntons syrup for a 5 gallon batch so it would be roughly 6 cans for a 10 gallon batch. I'd be tempted to use a can or two more to make sure the OG was around 1090 when it was time to put it in the fermentor.	[reply]
Re^3: A PerlMonk's favorite vacation destination: by poqui (Deacon) on Nov 09, 2005 at 20:58 UTC
According to this guy its about 2/3 lb. DME to 1 lb. grain. Papazian, "Home Brewers Companion" says sustitute about 0.7 lb. DME for every lb. of grain. Thats one of the fun things, try it, you'll at least be able to drink the result; if its not just right, try it again! ;-) Its the same thing with Perl...	[reply]
Re^4: A PerlMonk's favorite vacation destination: by mikeock (Hermit) on Nov 09, 2005 at 21:15 UTC
Thats one of the fun things, try it, you'll at least be able to drink the result; if its not just right, try it again! ;-) Its the same thing with Perl... I agree	[reply]


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