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Directions:Clean brewing equipment thoroughly with warm soapy water. Sanitize any equipment that will contact fermenting beer. Mix the 2 tbsp calcium and magnesium salts with 3.7 gallons of water in heating vessel.
Add milled grains to the insulated mash tun. Heat 3.7 gallons of treated water to 173ºF and quickly mix in with grains. Cover and let sit for 45 minutes. Check temperature of mash after 5 minutes- the mash temperature should be 158ºF.
Heat 5 gallons water to 165ºF and add to sparge tank. At end of the 45 minute mash, sparge the mash slowly with water from the sparge tank while drawing the mash, now called wort, off into your heating vessel.
Heat the wort until it comes to a rolling boil. Once wort is boiling, add 1 ounce of Tettnang hops and start timer. At 25 minutes, add remaining 1 ounce of Tettnang hops. At 30 minutes, add 1 ounce of whirlfloc. At 45 total minutes, remove vessel from heat.
Cool the wort to 165ºF and add the 5 pounds of raspberries to the wort. Cover and let cook for 30 minutes. Then cool wort down to 65ºF and transfer to primary fermentation vessel. Mix in 1 tbsp. of pectinase enzyme. Do not filter out any raspberry pieces. Add yeast to primary fermenter.
After 10-14 days of fermentation at 60-65ºF, carefully transfer ale to secondary fermenter, leaving as much raspberry material behind as possible. Add 1 tbsp. of gelatin to half cup cold water and let stand for 1 hour. Mix half cup of boiling water in with gelatin mixture to dissolve and add to secondary fermenter.
After 10-16 days, transfer ale to 5 gallon keg or bottling bucket. If kegging, let sit with 25 psig of CO2 at 40ºF for 5-7 days before enjoying. If bottling, dissolve 5 ounces dextrose in boiling water and blend with ale in bottle bucket. The ale will yield approximately 50 12 ounce bottles and will be ready to drink in 14 days. |
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Notes: Just Berried is a raspberry ale developed and brewed specially for Carrie and Cody's wedding. Light, refreshing, and reminiscent of fresh raspberries, Just Berried is meant for beer drinkers and non-beer drinkers alike. Just Berried is best enjoyed during the hotter Spring and Summer months.
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