hist-brewing: Brewing herbs

[Wade Hutchison]

Claude,
Another caution with any smoked malt.  Be certain that your brewing 
water has no chlorine in it.  Free Chlorine will combine with the 
phenols in the smoke to produce chloro-phenols that are the distinctive 
"band aid" flavor and aroma.  I had several batches go horribly awry 
before I found this out.  If you can, check out a copy of the "Smoked 
Beers" book from brewer's publication for further advice.  Good luck!
	-----Wade Hutchison

Cunningham,Ric wrote:
> Be careful of how much peated malt you use. I made a peated strong 
> scotch ale with 1 lb of peated malt and 3 years later it is still too 
> much to make it palatable. I would suggest a test batch with 4 oz first 
> and see how that works. I would hate to see you blow a large malt bill 
> with too much peat. A little goes a long way.
>  
>  
> 
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>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* ckammerzell at netscape.net [mailto:ckammerzell at netscape.net]
>     *Sent:* Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:57 PM
>     *To:* hist-brewing at pbm.com
>     *Subject:* hist-brewing: Brewing herbs
> 
>     I made a scottish strong ale using Sweet Gale and Heather tips. 
>     This was a Pro Mash recipe that I upsized to 6.5 gallons.
>      
>     The recipe called for 0.50 gm of Sweet Gale and 1 oz. of heather
>     tips.  Also 1 oz of Kent goldings.
>     This created a Quality of bitternes barely perceptibly different
>     from all hops.  Next time I intend to double the amount of heather.
>      
>     Any Strong Ale recipe should work.  For my next batch I intend to
>     use 1-2 lb. of peated malt. 
>      
>     Read _Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers_ by Stephen Harrod Buhner,
>     Brewers Publications, Boulder, CO for more info on herbs.  This
>     should be availible at your library or by interlibrary loan.
>      
>     Good Brewing,
>      
>     Claude

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