Smoked Cherry Ale

Taylor Talkington: ~

This smelled so good...but tasted horrible! Like smoked band-aids! Most likely from contaimination from the cherries...


Beer Info

Name Smoked Cherry Ale
Style American Pale Ale
Est. OG 1.058
Est. FG 1.012
Est. ABV 6.3%
Volume 2.75 gallons
Efficiecy
Boil Length 60 minutes
Est. IBUs 35
Est. Color 14

Results

Actual OG 1.056
Actual FG 1.007
Actual ABV 6.4%
Packaged On 2017-07-22
Carbonation

Fermentables

% Name Color Amount
2-Row (US) 5 lbs
Pale (US)* 1.5 lbs

Mash

Step Type Time Target Strike Amount
1 Infusion 60 151F 162F 2.125 gallons

Boil

Time Name Amount AA% IBUs
60 Willamette 1 oz
15 Irish Moss 0.5 tsp
10 Willamette 0.25 oz
0 Willamette 0.33 oz

Fermentation Steps

Step Time Temp
Primary 10 Days 66F

Fermentation Ingredients

Name Step Amount
US-05 Primary 1 pkg

Notes

* Smoked with Oak ~1.5 hrs

1 liter starter, added 1.5lb of cherries smoked with oak (same time as grain then frozen) to secondary