Zinger Ale

[floydmeddler]

Well, had a bit of an experimental brew day today and came up with this:

Zinger Ale
23-A Specialty Beer

Ingredients:
4 kg English 2-row Pale
210 g Medium Crystal
150 g Carapils
30.0 g Target (9.6%) - added during boil, boiled 90 min
25.0 g Ginger (fresh) - added during boil, boiled 15 min
30.0 g Orange zest - added during boil, boiled 15 min
35.0 g Hallertau Hersbruck (2.2%) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
800 g Honey at 'flame out'

Size: 25.0 L
Efficiency: 84.0%
Attenuation: 77.0%

Original Gravity: 1.050 (1.026 - 1.120)
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 (0.995 - 1.035)
Color: 7.0 (1.0 - 50.0)
Alcohol: 5.04% (2.5% - 14.5%)
Bitterness: 31.9 (0.0 - 100.0)

The grains

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The hops, ginger and zest

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The water treatment

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[floydmeddler]

Water treatment added to HLT

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Inside the mash tun

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Collecting the mash water from the HLT

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[floydmeddler]

Mashing in

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collecting first runnings

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Adding first runnings back in

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[floydmeddler]

Collecting the sweet, sweet wort

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Hot break

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Adding the ginger and zest

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Adding the honey

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cooling the wort. Got it down to 23c in 20 mins

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Hen's Tooth starter

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[floydmeddler]

OG was 1050

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Transferring the wort into the FV

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Glad that didn't go into the fermenter!

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All in all, it was a very stress free brewday. Everything just... worked. My efficiency was 84% which is always good. The wort tastes really good. Can really get that zing from the zest although not much from the ginger at the minute.

My only worry is that the yeast will give me problems as I only started it yesterday morning

FIngers crossed. Can't wait to try this one!

[WishboneBrewery]

Good looking trub Do you just use a pan to collect the first runnings or did you caramelise them?

[floydmeddler]

Good looking trub Do you just use a pan to collect the first runnings or did you caramelise them?

Just to collect. I have caramelised wort in the past though. Did it with my Northern English Brown Ale. It gave it a cracking toffee flavour.

[micmacmoc]

My mouth is watering at that gingery darling brew....I'm doing my (i hope) first successful AG at the mo, two failures (long story)....but a ginger brew...please keep us up to date. A badger fan at all? Its a good beer for hangover recovery if the ginger comes through. Oh and curry. Did you freeze the ginger first? B4 you respond....was it you who advised me that?!
Anyway, looks blimmin delicious, G'Luck!


ps, the boil is on, hop smell is king....yeah, I may have had a lemon woopsie.
pip pip
moc

[floydmeddler]

I am optimistic with this brew and will defs keep you posted. Yes, I did freeze the ginger beforehand which made it really easy to grate. I look forward to drinking it the morning after the night before as a cure!

[subsub]

Nice pics and sounds like a nice recipe. I thought when I saw the title of this post it was going to be a nettle beer

[floydmeddler]

Nice pics and sounds like a nice recipe. I thought when I saw the title of this post it was going to be a nettle beer

Cheers. Yes, it does have a nettley feel to the title. Bubbling away nicely in the background

[floydmeddler]

This is one of the nicest beers I've ever tasted. Glad I made 40 of them!

The ginger and zest balance is just perfect. Dished a few out at work and the lads loved them. My girlfriend and her mates loved them last night too which is a first!!

A definite keeper this one!