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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