Kayak Recipe
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Make Kayak in just 3h . Warrenville, IL / 5.1%
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Ingredients
Base Ingredients
Hops
Yeast
Priming Sugar
Mashing
1. Prepare the Mash
Heat 6 gallons of water to around 165°F (74°C).
2. Add Grains
Add the Pale Malt, Crystal Malt, and Crisp Flaked Corn to the heated water. Stir well to ensure all grains are saturated.
3. Mash Rest
Maintain the mash temperature at 152°F (67°C) for 60 minutes. Stir occasionally.
Boiling
5. Boil Wort
Bring the wort to a boil. Once boiling, add 1 oz of Cascade hops and boil for 60 minutes.
6. Add Finishing Hops
With 15 minutes left in the boil, add 1 oz of Centennial hops.
Cooling and Fermentation
7. Cool the Wort
After boiling, cool the wort quickly to about 70°F (21°C) using an immersion chiller.
8. Fermentation
Transfer the cooled wort to a sanitized fermentation vessel. Pitch the American Ale yeast and seal the vessel with an airlock.
9. Primary Fermentation
Allow the beer to ferment for about 1-2 weeks at room temperature, or until fermentation activity has ceased.
Bottling
10. Prepare for Bottling
Dissolve 3 oz of corn sugar in a small amount of boiling water to create priming sugar.
11. Bottle the Beer
Add the priming sugar solution to the fermented beer, then transfer the beer into sanitized bottles and cap them.
12. Conditioning
Let the bottles condition at room temperature for another 1-2 weeks before refrigerating.
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