Mocktoberfest Applesauce

We've had a couple people ask about making the applesauce.

It's incredibly simple.

12 apples peeled and sliced
½ cup water
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Stir all ingredients together and cook in slow cooker on low for 8 hours (or on high for 3-4 hours).

I recommend stirring the mixture half way through to break up the bigger pieces and pushing the sauce off the sides.

Bitter-O-Honey

Stovetop Brewing Series

Grist of a English Bitter, American versions of English hops, and Honey Malt from Canada.  This could also be called Crown Colony Bitter.

1.7 lbs. Maris Otter

.1 lb. Carastan

.2 lb. Honey malt

.25 oz. Galena @ 60 min.

.5 oz. East Kent Goldings @ 5 min.

Nottingham yeast

OG 1.053

FG 1.011

IBU 57 (probably less based on age)

SRM 12

Mini Horse Dunkelweizen

This is the same as the Draft Horse Dunkel, but in a smaller package.

.3 lb. Pilsner
.5 lb. Munich I
1.2 lbs. Wheat malt
.075 lb. (1.2 oz.) Special B
.075 lb. (1.2 oz.) Crystal 40
.025 lb. (.4 oz.) Carafa Special II

Big Daddy Cane Saison

Here's your uninteresting fact of the day.

In the Belgian market, the share of refined white sugar 

produced from sugar cane is among the lowest in the EU. Belgium is a major sugar beet 

producer and has a negligible demand for imports of raw cane sugar for refining.

Is that going to stop me from using brown cane sugar in a Saison?  Absoluut niet.

5 lbs. Pils

4 lbs. 2-Row

1 lb. Brown sugar

1 lb. Wheat malt

.5 lb. Carastan

.5 lb. CaraAmber

.75 oz. Galena @ 60 min.

1 oz. Styrian Golding @ 5 min.

WhiteLabs WLP565 Saison I (and maybe S-05 to finish drying it out)

OG 1.068

SRM 11

IBU 35

Beeman's Braggot

6 lbs. Wild flower honey (64 fl. oz.)

7.25 lbs. 2-row barley

1.75 oz. Hallertau Mittelfruh @ 60 min.

S-04 Dry English yeast

OG: 1.080

FG: 1.017

IBU: 22

SRM: 5

Fool's Gold American Wheat

No backstory.  Just a hoppy American wheat.

4.5 lbs. 2-row

4.5 lbs. Wheat malt

.33 lbs. Caravienna

.35 oz. Summit hops @ 60 min.

1 oz. Cascade hops @ 10 min.

2 oz. Cascade hops for dry-hopping

OG: 1.051

FG: 1.011

ABV: 5.2%

IBU: 32

SRM: 6

Bramble On Saison

I like blackberries.  There you have it.

7.25 lbs. 2-row

1.66 lbs. Vienna

.33 lb. CaraVienne

1 lb. wheat flakes

1 lb. beet sugar

1 oz. Brewer's Gold hops @ 60 min.

.5 oz. Styrian Goldings @ 10 min.

WLP565 Saison

Racking onto 5 lbs. blackberries after primary fermentation.

OG: 1.062

FG: 1.015 (hopefully lower)

ABV: 6.1%

IBU: 30

SRM: 6 (before fruit)