As most of you know, I have started a new hobby...Home Brewing. I started doing this about a year ago. The first three batches I have brewed (Irish Stout (2) and Vienna Lager (1)) were boxed kits from Brewer's Best. Each one seemed to turn out better than the last. After getting Extreme Brewing, by Sam Calagione (founder and owner of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery), I decided it was time to expand my horizons and brew a beer that wasn't from a kit. After some debating, I decided on the Sour Cherry Ale.
So here we go:
First, let's make sure we have the ingredients....
Malt, hops, yeast......
7lbs. of frozen cherries
(can also use 10lbs. of sour red cherries or 2lbs. of dried cherries)
Owen is very interested in what is going on.
Add 2.5 gallons of water to the brewing pot.
The crushed grains are put in the grain bag in order to steep.
6.6lbs. of malt extract is added and then at different time intervals of 65 minute boil, the various hops are added.
Owen wants to bottle the beer now....but not for a few more weeks.
The 7lbs. of cherries are added after the boil is complete.
Owen running away with the lid.
After the yeast is added to the wort, the Sour Cherry Ale begins its primary fermentation.
Once the airlock is bubble free (about 3 weeks from brew date), and the specific gravity is steady, the beer will be ready for bottling.
Stay tuned for how it turns out!
1 comment:
You've always been a science nerd!! Glad you found a hobby that you like, save a bottle for me and in May I'll give it a try! :)
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