Strawberry-Mint Pale Ale

Source: Dor Alon
Recipe added: 07/16/99
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This ale turned out to be really great. The ale has a very soft strawberry aroma and some fruit sourness. After 3 months the ale has no mint flavor though you can feel your tounge go numb after a couple pints. Next time I'll add more mint leaves.

Specifics

Recipe type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5 Gals
Starting Gravity: 1.038
Finishing Gravity:
Time in Boil: 1 hour
Primary Fermentation: 5 days
Secondary Fermentation: none
Additional Fermentation: in the bottle

Ingredients:

4 Kg (~8lb) Munton's pale ale
0.5 Kg (~1lb) Munton's wheat
0.5 Kg (~1lb) Munton's crystal
1 Oz. Saaz (3.6 alpha) start of boil
0.5 Oz. Cascade (5.8 alpha) start of boil
0.5 Oz. Cascade (5.8 alpha) last 5 minutes
25 fresh mint leaves last 5 minutes
2.5 Kg fresh cruched strawberries
1 Packet Muntons brewing yeast
125 gr. (~4.5 Oz.) Cane suger for priming

Procedure:

Mash with 11.5 litres (~ 3 gals) at 68C (~155F) for 2 hours Sparge at 78C (~171F) to collect 25 liters (6.5 gals) Boil for 1 hour. Chill the wort to 75C (~170F) and add the crushed strawberries to the pot. keep the wort at 75C for about 10 minutes. Chill the wort to pitching temp. Strain the strawberries and pitch the yeast. Age it for at least 2 months

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