Raspberry Recruit (8/19/93)
"John's Raspberry Ale", from the Cat's Meow. Brewed for the
IC homebrew TG.
- 84oz frozen raspberries, GEagle's finest
- 2 x 3.3lb light malt extract syrup
- 1lb crystal malt, 6 row 20 lovibond
- 2oz Hallertauer leaf hops, 4.7% (45 min)
- 0.5oz Hallertauer (5 min)
S.G. 1.040
F.G. 1.009
Bottled 9/5/93
Steeped crystal malt at 160F for 20min (forgot to crush it first
though...), then removed. Brought to boil, added extract syrup. No
fewer than 5 hot breaks. Semi-thawed raspberries were added at the end
of the boil, and cooled it down very effectively. Racked through fine
nylon mesh bag. Primed with 12oz raspberries (squeezed through bag) and
1/4 cup corn sugar, which wasn't enough. 1/4 cup was added 5 days
before the TG, but this still wasn't enough.
Notes
Lots of fruit aroma and flavour, but not enough
carbonation or body. Use more priming and remember to crush the crystal
malt next time...
Jonathan Hardwick