Frederick's Summer Memories
By: Beau BurkeStyle: Specialty Beer
OG: 1.058
FG: 1.015
Recipe Type: Extract
This is the first beer I got right. It's named after a book I read my sons about a mouse too busy to help his family stock up for winter. While they toil gathering fruits, grain, and grasses, Frederick sits, listens, and thinks. Naturally the mice are a little annoyed at Frederick's perceived lack of motivation. That is, until the long winter nights are unrolling, the food is scare, and hopes are dwindling. At that time, Frederick reveals his true talents as a poet, regaling the other mice with tales of summer, happiness, and plenty.
This beer was made towards the end of a difficult summer with fresh raspberries donated by my awesome neighbor across the street. Its purpose was to serve as a reminder of all things good and bright on those slow, cold Oregon winter days. Judging by the response it got from those who received it on Christmas, I think it served that purpose well.
This beer was made towards the end of a difficult summer with fresh raspberries donated by my awesome neighbor across the street. Its purpose was to serve as a reminder of all things good and bright on those slow, cold Oregon winter days. Judging by the response it got from those who received it on Christmas, I think it served that purpose well.
Ingredients
- 6 lb wheat LME
- 1 lb fresh, crushed raspberries
- 2 lb clover honey
- 2 oz whole Tetnanger
- White Labs Hefeweizen IV Yeast
Procedure
- Boil wheat malt and 1 oz Tetnanger in 2 gl cold water for 30 minutes
- Add honey at 15 minutes remaining
- Add 1/2 oz Tetnanger at 5 minutes remaining
- Add 1/2 oz Tetnanger at 1 minutes remaining
- Remove from heat source and add raspberries. Steep for 15 minutes
- Sparge into 3 gallons cold water
- Top off to 5 gallons
Ferment
- Pitched from tube at 80F
- Racked to secondary 5 days later (1.029)
- Bottle with honey after 3-4 weeks.
Notes
- This thing took a LONG time to finish. Almost four weeks total. I was definitely worried that it was ruined, especially after my first two failures. Just goes to show that careful sanitation and patience are two of a brewer\'s best tools.