Ginger/cedar Beer experiment

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Submitted By: bwattie (Shared)
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Brewer: burns
Batch Size: 1.95 gal	Style: Spice, Herb or Vegetable Beer (30A)
Boil Size: 2.54 gal	Style Guide: BJCP 2015
Color: 4.1 SRM	Equipment: Pressure cooker 2.5 gallon brew
Bitterness: 6.7 IBUs	Boil Time: 60 min
Est OG: 1.056 (13.9° P)	Mash Profile: Single Infusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out
Est FG: 1.012 SG (3.1° P)	Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage
ABV: 5.8%	Taste Rating: 30.0

Ingredients
Amount	Name	Type	#
2.91 gal	Bass Lake	Water	1
22.84 g	Chalk (Mash 60 min)	Misc	2
4 lbs 3.37 oz	Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)	Grain	3
0.14 oz	Hallertau [4.5%] - Boil 60 min	Hops	4
0.2 pkgs	American West Coast Ale (Lallemand/Danstar #BRY-97)	Yeast	5
450.00 g	ginger juice (Bottling 0 min)	Misc	6
0.75 l	cedar tea (Bottling 0 min)	Misc	7

Taste Notes

prepared the flavors by taking 10ml beer and using a jewler's scale weighing and tasting at the following %: 10%, 20%, 25%, 30%. Once the flavor mix % was established, I prepared 2-3 litre bottles. From there I filled 450-500ml fliptops. Here are the specifics: Ginger tea was highly concentrated and needed only 20%. Per litre: 833g beer, 166g juice Anticipated abv- 5% Cedar tea was the most subtle. I went with a 30% mix: Per litre: 769g beer, 230g cedar tea. Anticipated abv 4.7% Grapefruit juice was best at a 25% mix: Per Litre: 800g beer, 200g juice. The juice was 100% organic grapefruit juice Anticipated ABV 4.8%

Notes

this is 3 experimental brews each yielding 6-7 bottles. sugar prime the whole brew as usual. Aug 26 2024 https://www.omnicalculator.com/food/alcohol-dilution#how-to-use-the-alcohol-dilution-calculator Ginger - 20% 5%abv (comment: increase % to maybe 23-25% Cedar - 30% 4.7%abv (comment: too much! it needs to be just a hint. Try 20%) Radler - grapefruit 25% 4.8%abv (Comment: this is about right) The per litre quantities were made using 'goal seek' excel functions.

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