Brewed 10 September 2017 in Plummer’s Hollow.
A hopped alcoholic root beer with mostly wild-harvested roots and herbs and a bock-ish grain bill. It hit my sweet spot.
The one European native here is angelica, about which the Wikipedia wisely observes:
Like several other species in Apiaceae, its appearance is similar to several poisonous species (Conium, Heracleum, and others), and should not be consumed unless it has been identified with absolute certainty.
Recipe Details
| Batch Size |
Boil Time |
IBU |
SRM |
Est. OG |
Est. FG |
ABV |
| 4 gal |
60 min |
18.2 IBUs |
11.2 SRM |
1.079 |
1.020 |
7.9 % |
Fermentables
| Name |
Amount |
% |
| Pale 2-Row - US |
9 lbs |
75 |
| Vienna - US |
1.5 lbs |
12.5 |
| Caramel/Crystal 60 - US |
1 lbs |
8.33 |
| Carapils - Dextrine Malt - US |
8 oz |
4.17 |
Hops
| Name |
Amount |
Time |
Use |
Form |
Alpha % |
| Hallertau |
1 oz |
60 min |
Boil |
Pellet |
4.5 |
Miscs
| Name |
Amount |
Time |
Use |
Type |
| aniseroot (Osmorhiza longistylis), whole fresh roots |
3.00 oz |
0 min |
Primary |
Other |
| wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis), whole fresh rhizome |
2.00 oz |
0 min |
Primary |
Other |
| sassafras root shavings, fresh |
1.00 oz |
0 min |
Primary |
Other |
| sweet flag (Acorus calamus), dried roots |
0.50 oz |
0 min |
Primary |
Other |
| angelica (Angelica archangelica), dried roots |
0.25 oz |
0 min |
Primary |
Other |
| staghorn sumac heads, frozen then thawed |
14.00 Items |
0 min |
Secondary |
Other |
| horsebalm (Collinsonia canadensis) heads, dried |
0.50 oz |
0 min |
Secondary |
Other |
Yeast
| Name |
Lab |
Attenuation |
Temperature |
| Fermentis Safale S-04 |
|
75% |
64°F - 69°F |
Notes
An alcoholic root beer with hops, for the the gruit-averse. Add roots in muslin bag near end of boil to sanitize, then keep in primary for a week. (I don't have the right equipment or conditions for lagering, so I use an ale yeast, but the grain bill and hops are modeled after doppelbock.)
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Did you really mean to add 14 pounds of staghorn sumac heads?
Yipes! No, I think I probably used 14 heads, and that detail was lost in translation from one platform to another.
OK, fixed (very belatedly – the site stopped letting me upload XML files!).