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Thai PA
With the leftovers from the Twibute Act, I looking at making a Thai spiced IPA. I've seen ginger and lime used in others but liked the idea of a hot, citrusy, spicy pale ale.
I'm thinking about putting all the spices in a bag and steeping for 30 minutes post boil. All will be dried apart from the ginger so would it worth boiling the ginger for 10 minutes first to make sure it's sterilised? Would steeping be enough to extract any flavour and any comment on the quantities?
Any advice would be great.
Estimated Color: 6.2 SRM
Bitterness: 47.0 IBU
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 3.93 %
1000.00 gm Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 41.67 %
1000.00 gm Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 41.67 %
200.00 gm Wheat Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 8.33 %
200.00 gm Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 8.33 %
50.00 gm Fuggles [4.50 %] (60 min) Hops 18.2 IBU
30.00 gm Williamette [5.50 %] (60 min) Hops 13.4 IBU
20.00 gm Williamette [5.50 %] (10 min) Hops 3.2 IBU
0.25 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) <- trying for the first time so qty may be wrong
30.00 gm Bobek [5.40 %] (30 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep)
3.00 items Chilli (dry) (steeped 30.0 min) Misc
4.00 items Lemon Grass (dry and smashed) (steeped 30.0 min) Misc
5.00 gm Kaffir Lime Leaves (dry) (steeped 30.0 min) Misc
50.00 gm Ginger Root (steeped 30.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Safale US-05 (Fermentis) Yeast-Ale
Fermenting:
Condtioning: Twibute Clone
Drinking: 100% wheat, Fixby Gold
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Posted 1 year ago by Admin
Looks good to me although difficult to say how it will turn out. I like Hopback Thaiphoon which has lemongrass and coriander in so hopefully it will work. Steeping should do the trick. May well overpower the aroma hops though so maybe leave them out?
Irish moss is usually 1 teaspoon per 25 litre in the last 15 mins. Not used it in shorter brew lengths so not sure if you need to reduce the amount.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Thanks Greg. I think it's suck and see on this. I just like the idea of the citrus flavour with a chilli kick.
I've never used Irish Moss before so I'll just look at the instructions when I get it.
This is one for August.
Fermenting:
Condtioning: Twibute Clone
Drinking: 100% wheat, Fixby Gold
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Just cracked open a bottle of this. It's only been in the bottle just over a week but I wanted to see if it's drinkable or destined down the drain.
Well, much to my surprise, it's not bad. It's kind of like a lager and lime but only a hint. A little bit of ginger is coming through but there's no chilli or lemongrass.
Nevermind. It's better than I could have hoped for.
One thing though. I dry hoped with Bobeks in the secondary FV and the smell on pouring was fantastic!
Will be doing that from now on for all my hoppy beers.
I think next time I'll only put the spices in the secondary rather then steeping after the boil.
Fermenting:
Condtioning: Twibute Clone
Drinking: 100% wheat, Fixby Gold
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
I dryhopped with stryians (same family as bobek) and I agree they smell lush.
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
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