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Add 2.5 g of potassium metabisulfite to juice 24 hours prior to pitching yeast. Pitch yeast at 68° F in primary and hold for 10 days then add 3.5 lbs of peeled ripe elephant heart plums in to secondary for…
Mash at 152° F for 60 minutes. Boil for 90 minutes. Cill to 72° F and pitch dry yeast on top of wort straight out of the package. Ferment at 72° F, purposely stressing lager yeast to give some…
Mash at 144° F, then take out 25% portion of grain for decoction. Boil grain for 20 minutes. Add back to main mash, which will raise mash temperature to 158° F. Boil 60 minutes. Ferment at 49° F for…
Step mash: 144° F 30 minutes; 158° F 30 minutes; mash out 170° F for 20 minutes or until clear. Notes: add 60 ppm Ca, 100 ppm Cl. Add lactic acid for 5.2 ph No sparge. Top off with…
Mash at 151° F for 60 minutes, vorlauf, collect wort, boil 90 minutes. Chill to 45° F. Aerate with pure 02. Pitch yeast and let free rise to fermentation temp of 48° F. Primary fermentation: 3 weeks at 48°…
Stepped mash: 30 minutes at 135° F, 45 minutes at 150-151° F, 20 minute mash out at 169° F. Sparge until target pre-boil volume is reached. Boil for 75 minutes. Chill to 52° F and then pitch yeast (decanted…
Reverse Osmosis water profile. Mash at 150° F (65° C) for 60 minutes. Boil 1 gallon wort for 1 hour until 30% volume is achieved to create a pseudo-decoction. Raise temp to 168° F (76° C) for mash out,…
Pull 1/3rd decoction. Heat decoction to 160° F for 15 minutes, then boil 20 minutes. Hold main mash at 148° F for the length of the decoction. Add decoction back to main mash to hit 158° F and hold for…
Mash at 152° F for 60 minutes. Boil for 60 minutes. Primary fermentation at 64° F for 4 days. Secondary fermentation at 68° F. Cold crash and condition for 30 days. Carbonation level around 2 volumes.
Single infusion mash at 152° F for 60 minutes. Lactic acid to reach mash pH of 5.3. 90 minute boil. Add whirlpool hops once wort temperature chills to 150° F and let steep for 10-20 minutes. Dry hop on day…
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