Beer Brewing

Yerba Matte Ale

Ingredients:

• 1 - 4 ounces of Yerba Matte
• 4 gallons of water
• 7 or 8 pounds of malt extract; 80% Pilner and 20% Amber
• yeast: Safale US-05

starting specific gravity 1.055 @ about 6.9% potential alcohol pitched on March 24th, 2012 @ 5:30pm

Ginger Ale

Simple...

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds of fresh ginger
• 8 pounds of malt extract; we used Munich and Amber malt syrups
• 4 gallons of water; we used tap water
• 1 liquid vile of Dry English ale yeast (wlp007)

Procedure

• simmer malt extract and water for about 30 minutes
• decoct ginger in a pot of water
• add strained decoction to malt extract solution
• let it cool in the large stockpot with the lid on
• check specific gravity
• siphon into 5 gallon glass carboy
• pitch yeast
• attach bung and hose + jar of water for an airlock with overflow

Details

• Pitched yeast this morning; March 23rd, 2012.

Extra wort was put into a different 5 gallon carboy and a different yeast (Danstar Nottingham) was pitched.