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Bepi's spruce beer
A malty spruce beer to be made in the spring with fresh spruce tips.Drink it around Christmas and savor the Christmas tree smell and taste in a glass.In memory of my good friend Bepi Rombaldi who gave me the spruce tree I use for the recipe.
| Brewer: | pete | Email: | fantasiapeter@hotmail.com | |||||
| Beer: | Bepi's spruce beer | Style: | Spruce Beer | |||||
| Type: | All grain | Size: | 11 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 24 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.053 | FG: | 1.011 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 5.4% v/v (4.2% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | If your water is soft just add a quarter tsp of plain salt for 11 gal. | |||||||
| Grain: | 16 lb. 8 oz. American 2-row 4 oz. American crystal 120L 1 lb. British chocolate 2 oz. British black patent 1 lb. British Munich |
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| Mash: | 84% efficiency | |||||||
| Infusion mash 1 qt per lb. hold at 153F for 1 hour or till conversion.Add 1/2 qt per lb boiling water to bring to 160F hold 15 min. Add rest of boiling water to raise to 170F sparge to collect 13 gal. Boil 60 min. | ||||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.045 | 13 gallons | |||||
| 9 oz. spruce tips 45 min. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1.42 oz. Fuggles (4.75% AA, 60 min.) 1.42 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 30 min.) |
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| Yeast: | American ale yeast wyeast 1056 | |||||||
| Carbonation: | 7/8 C corn sugar per 5 gal to prime | |||||||
Recipe posted 05/25/01.