Beer
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Grains 5.1lbs 2 Row 2.25lb Unmalted Wheat 2.25lb White Wheat 1.75lb Vienna Hops .25oz East Kent Golding (5.6%AA) @60min Yeast Wyeast Northwest Ale (1332) Wyeast Roeselare Blend (3763) pitched into secondary 5.6oz Priming Sugar SG: 1.048 1wk: forgot to check before adding fruit 9wk: 1.010 7mo: 1.017 FG (10mo): 1.017 Dough-in with 3.5 gallons of…
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Grains 21.5lbs 2 Row 1lb Crystal 60L 1lb Chocolate 1lb Special B .5lb Black Patent Hops 2.5oz Centennial (10.0%AA) @60min 1oz Willamette (5.4%AA) @15min 1oz Willamette (5.4%AA) @5min Yeast Wyeast London Ale (1028) Additions 1tsp Whirlfloc @15min 3.89oz Priming Sugar SG: 1.052 1wk: Bucket – 1.020; Carboy – 1.015 FG(2wk): Bucket – 1.013; Carboy –…
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The past several months my life has been Sahti. June 2016 I gave a short lecture on brewing and some historical aspects of beer brewing in the Nordic region. With the event, I brewed what I thought was a Sahti (based on one of the only recipes I found at the time and only recently…
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Sahti 1 Grains 18 lbs 2-Row 5 Lbs Rye 4 Lbs Munich Hops 2 oz Hallertau (3.8%AA) during sparge Additions 2oz Juniper Berries (in Mash) 2.25oz Priming Sugar Sahti 1 Yeast Wyeast Weihenstephen Wheat (3068) SG: 1.063/1.064 1wk: 1.024 FG(2wk): 1.024 Sahti 2 Yeast Wyeast Bavarian Wheat Blend (3056) SG: 1.050 1wk: 1.022 FG(2wk): 1.022…
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General History: Sahti is a relic of an ancient Finnish rustic brewing tradition. It is still brewed much the same way as it was some 500 years ago, to be consumed at weddings and other festive occasions. A farmhouse beer style indigenous to Finland, it is one of the oldest beer types still brewed today.…
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Sahti 1 Grains 20 lbs Pilsner 4 Lbs Rye 3 Lbs Munich Hops 2 oz Hallertau (3.8%AA) during sparge Additions 2oz Juniper Berries (in Mash) Yeast Wyeast Weihenstephen Wheat (3068) Adjuncts Poor mash efficiency (Original SG: 1.040). Added 3.5cup water & 50 oz sugar into primary (for both) 1 day into initial fermentation (couldn’t check…
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Grains 8lbs 2 Row (or 6lbs Light DME) 12oz Carapils 8oz Crystal 10L 8oz Vienna Hops .25oz Centennial (10.0%AA) @60min .25oz Centennial (10.0%AA) @35min .25oz Cascade (8.1%AA) @20min .25oz Cascade (8.1%AA) @5min Additions .5oz Culinary Lavender @flameout (10min) .2oz Culinary Lavender Dry Hop (1wk) Yeast Wyeast American Ale (1056) Adjuncts 1tsp Irish Moss @15min 5.2oz…
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Grains 16oz Caravienne 16oz Biscuit 16oz Belgian Pilsner 8oz Aromatic Hops .5oz Zythos (10.9%AA) @60min .5oz Czech Saaz (3.2%AA) @30min .5oz Zythos (10.9%AA) @30min .5oz Czech Saaz (3.2%AA) @15min Malt 7lbs Light LME 1lb Blonde Belgian Candi Sugar @60min 1lb Blonde Belgian Candi Sugar @20min Yeast Wyeast Trappist High Gravity (3787) LAMBIC BLEND (Innoculated 1wk…
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I brewed this beer for a talk I gave at the Nordic Heritage Museum (NHM) as part of a Nordic Beer Tasting and Drinking Songs event. Finding a recipe for an authentic, historically Nordic beer was surprisingly difficult, additionally so because I brew with a partial mash as opposed to all-grain. The majority of my…
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Grains 16oz Munich Dark 8oz Crystal 60L 3.2oz Roasted Barley Hops 1oz US Hallertau (5.2%AA) @60min 3oz Czech Saaz (3.2%AA) @20min Malt 7lbs Light LME Yeast Wyeast Northwest Ale (1332) Adjuncts 1tsp Irish Moss @15min 3.75oz Priming Sugar SG: 1.064 1wk: 1.015 FG(4wk): 1.015
