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Saw this one on reddit this morning. http://www.reddit.com/r/Homebrewing/com ... _lime_and/



For 5 gallons:

Grain:

4 lbs. Pale 2-row
4 lbs. Wheat malt

Hops:

1/2oz. Sorachi Ace @ 60 min.
1/2oz. Sorachi Ace @ 15 min.

Yeast: Safale US-05

Mash temp: 153 deg. F for 60 min.

Boil additions:

2 oz of grated ginger @ 12 min. left in the boil (froze the ginger beforehand so the cellular structure would break and more flavor would come out)
5 kaffir lime leaves @ 12 min. left in the boil

Primary fermentation for 2 weeks. Transferred to secondary fermentation and added 1 pint of a tea made from 3 stalks of lemon grass (previously frozen like the ginger and cut into pieces)

Secondary fermented for about a month.

Bottled 4 gallons with 93 grams of corn sugar.

Carbonation was a little slow, took about 2 weeks (maybe because it was getting a little colder out - I'm in Rhode Island). The beer at this point is just shy of 3 months old and is really nice.

OG: 1.049
FG: 1.007
ABV: 5.5%
IBUs: 32

Looks interesting. May look to make this one for next summer.

Pumphouse made one and I wasn't a fan. YMMV.

bluenose wrote:Pumphouse made one and I wasn't a fan. YMMV.

Actually, I made it (at P-House) Mostly with ginger and lemongrass but I've done a few variations of it there and at the H&T. Stuff sells like mad , it's good if you like that sort of thang...

NASH wrote:
Actually, I made it (at P-House) Mostly with ginger and lemongrass but I've done a few variations of it there and at the H&T. Stuff sells like mad , it's good if you like that sort of thang...

Do you need to make the lemongrass tea or can you add it to the boil?

I bag the lemongrass and put it in a bucket, submerge it in 200 F water for 5 minutes then add everything to the bright beer tank (aka keg) and fill it with the beer

I've thrown whole hunks of lemongrass in the keg, just peeled a few outer layers and sprayed with starsan first.

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