Ginger Beer

Christmas Beer '99

recipe
3 3.5-lb cans John Bull Plain Light Extract
1 lb Laaglander Plain Light Dry Extract
1 lb Honey Malt, 25ºL
1 oz Chinook Pellets, 11.7% (55 min)
Wyeast 1728 Scottish Ale
5 oz Ginger (secondary)
1 2/3 cup M&F Plain Light Dry Extract (priming)
numbers
1.088 OG
1.026 FG
8.1 % (v/v)
3 days primary (plastic)
39 days secondary (glass)
notes
  • Crush honey malt and steep at 150º-155º for 30 minutes.
  • Before racking to secondary, peel and thinly slice the ginger. Place it in the secondary and rack on top of it.
  • This beer was very, very gingery at bottling. I hope it will let the taste of the honey malt come through as it ages a few months.
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Bob Lawrence, Label Design

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