tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post857721854607212399..comments2024-01-20T04:48:07.301+01:00Comments on The Bitten Bullet: Hops and NeedlesBarry Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-40161534701995465112019-02-28T13:23:44.738+01:002019-02-28T13:23:44.738+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.zaelianwar seohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12171383716612750232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-67865284127035833792016-09-08T14:05:19.994+02:002016-09-08T14:05:19.994+02:00Thank you so much! It looks really interesting (an...Thank you so much! It looks really interesting (and I mean that in a good way). I am filing this away to try next Spring during my brew club's participation in the annual nationwide Big Brew Day. Assuming I don't move back to Germany after the US election in November, that is. It's good to know that one can get homebrew supplies in Germany. :)Harvey Morrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09213809718401197131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-26136188687553562362016-09-08T14:03:48.030+02:002016-09-08T14:03:48.030+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Harvey Morrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09213809718401197131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-29313969110765664922016-09-08T08:48:30.109+02:002016-09-08T08:48:30.109+02:00Oh, just to note that having both pale ale and pil...Oh, just to note that having both pale ale and pilsner malt was simply because I was using up some leftover pils malt. :) I could have simplified that part for you to all pale ale malt.Barry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-49564393535549457402016-09-08T08:42:05.026+02:002016-09-08T08:42:05.026+02:00Hi Harvey,
Yes, this was the third year running t...Hi Harvey,<br /><br />Yes, this was the third year running that I've made a spruce beer. I've used more or less the same recipe each time, with only slight variations on the hops, which are kept in the background a bit, to let the spruce tips shine. 2014 was superb. Really vibrant spruce flavours. People said opening it was like taking a walk in the woods, and the flavour was loaded with rosemary, lemon and pine. 2015 was disappointing. It was a pretty dry spring, and though we harvested from the very same spruce hedge, it lacked all of the qualities we got in 2014. It was ok, but just didn't have the punch. Either the dryness meant the tips were not as "juicy", or the fact the owner of the hedge had trimmed it the previous autumn altered it somehow. THis year was better, but still not near the 2014 version, and was more fruity. NExt year, I'll be using a different source. I only make it once a year, end of May/early June, when the tips are fresh and soft.<br /><br />The 2014 recipe looked like this:<br /><br />Size: 24 L<br />Efficiency: 85%<br />Attenuation: 81.9%<br /><br />Original Gravity: 1.055 (1.026 - 1.120)<br />Terminal Gravity: 1.010 (0.995 - 1.035)<br />Color: 22.98 EBC (1.97 - 98.5)<br />Alcohol: 5.91% (2.5% - 14.5%)<br />Bitterness: 24.3 (0.0 - 100.0)<br /><br />Ingredients:<br />3.25 kg (60.2%) Pale Ale Malt - added during mash<br />1.25 kg (23.1%) Bohemian Pilsner Malt - added during mash<br />0.3 kg (5.6%) Wheat Malt - added during mash<br />0.2 kg (3.7%) Melanoidin Malt - added during mash<br />0.4 kg (7.4%) Caramunich® TYPE II - added during mash<br />10 g (25.0%) Nugget (14.5%) - added during boil, boiled 60 m<br />15 g (37.5%) East Kent Goldings (5.4%) - added during boil, boiled 20 m<br />120 g Spruce Tips - added during boil, boiled 15 m<br />1 tsp Irish Moss - added during boil, boiled 15 m<br />1.0 ea Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05<br />15 g (37.5%) East Kent Goldings (5.4%) - added during boil, boiled 5 m<br /><br />Next year I may add more spruce too, just in case ;)Barry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-81404288300447450362016-09-07T14:08:00.342+02:002016-09-07T14:08:00.342+02:00Did you end up brewing a spruce beer? If so, 1). ...Did you end up brewing a spruce beer? If so, 1). How did it turn out?, and 2). Care to share the recipe? Harvey Morrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09213809718401197131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-7939416377455343002016-05-18T00:29:42.578+02:002016-05-18T00:29:42.578+02:00Thanks Barry, you just reminded me I never heard a...Thanks Barry, you just reminded me I never heard anything after I signed up last year to support Brewcifer's crowdfunding project for a brewhouse! I just checked and he only raised 30% of his target. Shame. I guess that's why they never debited my card - at least, I don't think they did...BryanBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550482701819539081noreply@blogger.com