After waiting just over two weeks from pitching US-05 I’m tasting my first NA beer.
It’s…… decent! Tastes more like hop water than an NA beer though. I do enjoy carbonated hop water so this is rather refreshing to me. Will be great to make some for summer, when it rolls back around.
Still rather bitter, but not any more than an IPA. However, I’ll probably only do a 20m boil next time, with 10m, and FO hops.
Whole darn batch only cost me about $5 in hops, $4 in yeast, and maybe a buck in propane. This is worth 10 dollars and an extra 40 minutes to my brew day IMO.
Recipe:
30m boil, 6gallons
1.007 OG
1.001 FG
Spent grains from a 5gal batch of Dortmunder Export Lager (sparged with about 3/4th of a gallon)
Hops:
25m 0.5oz each, Mosaic and Citra
0m 0.5oz each, Mosaic and Citra
Yeast:
1 whole Sachet US-05
Chilled to 75*F and poured directly into a 5 gal keg. NO spunding valve used. Pressure release valve *quickly* pulled twice over two weeks to confirm carbonation and fermentation occured.
Pressure transferred to 2, 8L Oxebar kegs. Left on 15psi for 3 days before trying.
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I'm planning on making an NA(ish) beer next, but I'm going to do a hot mash and see how it turns out. I want to do a version of Janet's brown ale. Recipe is going to be:
1.5 lbs munich
.5 lbs crystal 40
.25 lbs carapils
.25 lbs chocolate
Mash @180 for 30 min
Hops
14g NB (Mash)
14g NB (30)
5g NB (15)
5g Cascade (10)
20g Cascade (Flameout)
28g Centennial (whirlpool)
Post time 2022-10-24 15:58:04
