Brew 77

I brewed and then kegged another batch of my popular Hoegaarden mimic.  It smells spicy and fruity just like the original.  The alcohol concentration has concluded at about 3.4% (v/v), or 1.1 standard drinks per schooner.  (The genuine article is produced at about 5.0%, or 1.7 standard drinks per schooner.)  The fermentation record is presented graphically below.

Brew 77 ingredients:

• Black Rock "Whispering Wheat", 1.7kg
• Morgan's "Wheat Malt", 1.0kg
• Cracked coriander seeds, 50g
• Zest of one orange
• Safbrew WB-06 yeast, 11.5g

The total volume was 23L.  Original and final gravity readings were 1.034 and 1.008 g/mL, respectively.

News flash from Sunday 12 Oct 2008:

We tapped the keg on Friday and indulged ourselves and a bunch of (I think) satisfied chemists in the evening.  A sip on Saturday and a couple on Sunday and the keg was gone.  In two days!  I will have to make a clone again very soon.  I would really like a 60L fermenter sometimes.

Jenny and Puss are sharing a couple of Hoegaardens on Saturday afternoon.