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Benefit Ale
Makes 5 gallon batch. Recipe designed and brewed by Colby Chandler of Ballast Point Brewing Co. White labs donates $.19 per vial sold to the charity Beer for Boobs for the month of October.
Type: Ale
Style: Pale Ale
Batch Size: 5 gallons
Recipe Type: All grain
Recipe Contributed By: Colby Chandler of Ballast Point Brewing Co.
Ingredients
Quantity Ingredient Comment Malt Style 8 lbs Brewers Malt Base 1 lb Bonlander® Munich Malt Kilned, Munich 0.5 lb Caramel Malt 20L Caramel, Crystal 1 oz Galaxy Hops (13.0% AA hop) 60 min boil 1 lb Orange Blossom Honey Prior to knockout 1.5 lbs Oregon Fruit Products Cherries Day 3 0.25 oz Hibiscus Flowers Day 4 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice Day 4 1 vial White Labs WLP005 British Ale Yeast 1 capsule Servomyces Yeast Nutrient 10 min boil
Procedures
- Mash grains at 148ºF for 60 minutes
- Heat to 170ºF
- Lautering
- Boil with bittering hops for 60 minutes
- Prior to knock out, add and stir well to dissolve honey without overcooking
- Cool to 66ºF, oxygenate wort
- Pitch 1 vial WLP005 British Ale Yeast
- On day 3 of fermentation add cherries
- On day 4, make a tincture of hot water, lime juice, and hibiscus flower, then add to beer
Primary Fermentation: 2-3 weeks at 66ºF
Secondary Fermentation: 2 weeks (preferably at 36ºF)
Fermentation Notes: Day 3 Add Cherries; Day 4 Add Tincture; Bottle condition with cane sugar or force carbonate
Original Gravity: 1.053
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol by Weight: 5.3%
Alcohol by Volume: 6.6%
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