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Ancient Heather (Froach) & Meadowsweet Braggot (1 Gallon)

268 calories 20 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: Partial Mash
Style: Braggot
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 1 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 2.2 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.014 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 60% (brew house)
Source: Freetime000
Calories: 268 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 20 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday January 11th 2018
1.082
1.010
9.5%
15.0
21.3
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
1.25 lb Honey1.25 lb Honey - (late boil kettle addition) 42 2 48.1%
1 lb United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale1 lb Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 38.5%
0.15 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 40L0.15 lb Caramel / Crystal 40L 34 40 5.8%
0.10 lb American - Munich - 60L0.1 lb Munich - 60L 33 60 3.8%
0.10 lb American - Roasted Barley0.1 lb Roasted Barley 33 300 3.8%
2.60 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.20 oz Heather Tips0.2 oz Heather Tips Hops Leaf/Whole 1 Boil 60 min 4.79 13.3%
0.40 oz Meadowsweet0.4 oz Meadowsweet Hops Leaf/Whole 1 Boil 15 min 4.76 26.7%
0.10 oz Heather Tips0.1 oz Heather Tips Hops Leaf/Whole 1 Boil 15 min 1.19 6.7%
0.10 oz Heather Tips0.1 oz Heather Tips Hops Leaf/Whole 1 Boil 5 min 0.48 6.7%
0.40 oz Meadowsweet0.4 oz Meadowsweet Hops Leaf/Whole 1 Whirlpool at 200 °F 0 min 3 26.7%
0.10 oz Peppermint0.1 oz Peppermint Hops Leaf/Whole 1 Whirlpool at 200 °F 0 min 0.75 6.7%
0.20 oz Heather Tips0.2 oz Heather Tips Hops Leaf/Whole 1 Dry Hop 3 days 13.3%
1.50 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.25 tsp Irish Moss Fining Boil 15 min.
6 g GoFerm (Yeast Starter Nutrient) Other Other --
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
64 °F
Pitch Rate:
-
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: Corn Sugar (Bottling Bucket)       Amount: .70      
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
-- -- 158 °F 60 min
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Heat water added to kettle (equipment estimates 3.37 g | 13.5 qt) 2.37 9.5  
Mash volume with grains (equipment estimates 3.37 g | 13.5 qt) 2.48 9.9  
Grain absorption losses (steeping) -0.17 -0.7  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 3.2 g | 12.8 qt) 2.2 8.8  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.1 0.4  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.03 -0.1  
Post boil volume 1.02 4.1  
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.02 -0.1  
Going into fermentor 1 4  
WARNING: Kettle losses > 2% detected which throw off OG calculation for extract/partial mash recipes in batch target 'fermentor' mode. Solution: Reduce kettle losses, misc losses and hops absorption in equipment profile, OR set batch target to 'kettle' and do a full wort boil. See batch target FAQ.    
Total: 2.37 9.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

IMPORTANT: Add honey at end of boil, flame out.

The whirlpool herbs (hop list) is a steep of no less than 10 mins or more added end of Boil.

I use a nylon mesh straining bag that I can add herbs to through out the process.

Ancient Notes:
This is a conversion of my Wee Heavy / Scotch Ale Braggot. Instead of Hops it's using more ancient traditional herbs. The Heather is considered for bittering while Meadowsweet is also commonly found in mead and ales.

You can add .10 Kent Golding Hops at 60 mins to get more modern bittering effect.

This is an experimental recipe! Built using tea tests. It may need tweaking to get the herbs flavors to show or maybe reduce them!

Optional: Remove Meadow Sweet for Heather only ale.
Optional: Dry hop with Heather after fermentation.
Optional: Skip Co2 phase because most likely ancient ales were flat :( I'll be carbonating.

Wort Notes:
After 45-60 min Mash I sparged the BIAB with a pour over 32oz warm water. This makes total boil slightly more than 2 gallons.

Optional: Start of boil pull 2 cups wort and separately boil down into syrup. Then add this back in to the boiling wort.

Do a Yeast starter using 6g of GoFerm and 5g Safale yeast early into brew so it has time to start.

Style Notes:
After lots of searching the feedback i got is a Scotch Ale or Wee Heavy is a good place to start for a Braggot. Recipe is Shooting for 50% honey so I can feel like it's a Braggot.

The Wee Heavy style suggests longer boil times to get more malty flavors. So I am starting with 2 gallons and a 90 minute boil, targeting 1 gallon. You may need to add more water as you go to keep in line. Use a dip stick to measure.



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