Beer Recipe
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Ingredients
Malt Ingredients
Hops
Yeast
Water
Priming Sugar
Mashing
1. Heat Water
In a large pot, heat 5 gallons of filtered water to 165°F (74°C).
2. Add Grains
Add 6 cups of pale malt, 1 cup of caramel malt, and 0.5 cup of roasted barley to the hot water.
3. Mash
Stir the mixture and hold it at 150°F (65°C) for 60 minutes to allow the sugars to extract.
4. Sparge
After 60 minutes, raise the temperature to 170°F (77°C) and hold for 10 minutes.
5. Drain Liquid
Remove the grain bag, and let the liquid drain into the pot.
Boiling
6. Boil Wort
Bring the wort (liquid) to a boil.
7. Add Bittering Hops
Add 1 oz of bittering hops and boil for 60 minutes.
8. Add Aroma Hops
With 5 minutes left in the boil, add 0.5 oz of aroma hops.
Cooling and Fermentation
9. Cool Wort
Cool the wort rapidly to room temperature using an immersion chiller or an ice bath.
10. Transfer and Pitch Yeast
Transfer the cooled wort to a sanitized fermenter and pitch the ale yeast.
11. Ferment
Seal the fermenter with an airlock and let it ferment at room temperature for 1-2 weeks.
Bottling
12. Prepare Priming Sugar
Dissolve 0.5 cups of corn sugar in 2 cups of boiling water to create priming sugar solution.
13. Mix Priming Sugar
Add the priming sugar solution to the fermented beer and mix gently.
14. Bottle Beer
Bottle the beer in sanitized bottles and cap them securely.
15. Carbonate
Let the bottles carbonate at room temperature for 1-2 weeks before refrigerating.
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