Fat Tire Recipe
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Ingredients
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Brew Ingredients
Method
Brewing Process
- 1
Mashing
Begin by heating 3 gallons of water to 165°F (74°C).
- 2
Add the pale malt, crystal malt, and caramel malt to the heated water. Stir well and maintain the temperature at 150°F (65°C) for 60 minutes. This process will convert the starches in the grains into sugars.
- 3
Sparging
After mashing, heat an additional 2 gallons of water to 170°F (77°C).
- 4
Sparge the grain mixture by slowly pouring the hot water over the grains to rinse out the sugars. Collect the runoff in a brew kettle.
- 5
Boiling
Bring the collected wort to a boil.
- 6
Once boiling, add the bittering hops (1 oz of Cascade) and boil for 60 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- 7
With 15 minutes remaining in the boil, add the aroma hops (0.5 oz of Cascade).
- 8
Cooling
After the boil is complete, cool the wort quickly using a wort chiller or an ice bath.
- 9
Cool the wort to about 70°F (21°C) before transferring it to a sanitized fermentation vessel.
- 10
Fermentation
Pitch the yeast into the cooled wort and seal the fermentation vessel with an airlock.
- 11
Allow the beer to ferment for 1-2 weeks at a stable temperature of around 68°F (20°C).
- 12
Bottling
After fermentation is complete, prepare a priming solution by dissolving 3 oz of priming sugar in 2 cups of boiling water.
- 13
Add the priming solution to the beer and gently mix. Bottle the beer in sanitized bottles and cap them.
- 14
Conditioning
Let the bottled beer condition at room temperature for 1-2 weeks.
- 15
After conditioning, refrigerate and enjoy your homemade Fat Tire beer!