Here's the recipe:
- 1 3/4 lbs crystal malt 40
- 3.3 lbs Thomas Cooper Light Malt Extract
- 3.3 lbs Thomas Cooper Wheat Malt Extract
- 2 oz Kent Goldings Hops, 4.9%
- 1/2 oz Saaz Hops, 5.8%
- 11g Nottingham brewing yeast
- Peels of 5 pretty good sized navel oranges
- 2 qts 365 Organic cranberry juice
- Heat water to ~150°F
- Start sanitizing necessary equipment (fermenter, hydrometer, airlock, strainer)
- Add crystal malt
- Rinse necessary equipment
- Add heat, mine was about 190°F–200°F for 15–20 minutes
- Take out grains, add malt extracts
- Bring wort to boil
- Add 1 oz Kent Goldings hops
- Boil vigorously for 30 minutes
- While boiling wort, wash and peel oranges with vegetable peeler
- When 30 minutes is up, add orange peels and remainder of Kent Goldings hops to wort
- Boil vigorously another 30 minutes. Enjoy the aroma; holy sweet god damn it's so good!
- Add Saaz hops
- Boil for 5 minutes
- Put the brewpot in the ice water in the sink
- Add cranberry juice
- Add 2–3 gallons water to fermenter
- Start the yeast according to packet directions
- Stir wort and cool to about 100°F
- Add cooled wort to fermenter; add more water if needed
- Measure original gravity: 1.044 is what I have got
- Add yeast
- Put on the lid, add water to air lock, put it away, and begin waiting
UPDATES:
- Final gravity is 1.018
- Bottled on December 6, 2008.
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