Tony
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Hi all.
Just thought i would start a thread to document the life and times of an experiment i have going.
I bought the dried Hibiscus flowers a year or so ago with grand plans, but you know what its like. I found them in a box a couple weeks back and thought.... Mmmmmm forgot about them.
So i raided the grain bag box and found a few almost empty bags that needed to be used. knocked up a 34L batch of "beer" hopped with 90g of Citra (which i wish i had saved for my APA now) and dropped a kilo of the flowers in the hot wort at flame out.
soaked and stired for 10 min and split between 2 x 17L cubes.
Recipe:
Hibiscus Bomb
Recipe Specifics
----------------
Batch Size (L): 34.00 Wort Size (L): 34.00
Total Grain (kg): 6.70
Anticipated OG: 1.044 Plato: 10.89
Anticipated EBC: 7.0
Anticipated IBU: 34.4
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
59.7 4.00 kg. Weyermann Bohemien Pils GErmany 1.038 4
29.9 2.00 kg. JWM Traditional Ale Malt Australia 1.038 6
10.4 0.70 kg. JWM Wheat Malt Australia 1.038 4
Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
20.00 g. Topaz Pellet 16.20 17.0 20 min.
30.00 g. Topaz Pellet 16.20 12.7 8 min.
40.00 g. Topaz Pellet 16.20 4.7 2 min.
Yeast
-----
?????????????
Notes
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Added 1KG Hibiscus flowers at flame out to soak for 10 min before running t
o cubes
The dry hibiscus flowers:
boil before adding flowers:
boil after adding flowers:
Wort colour before adding flowers:
Wort colour after adding flowers:
So........ i have a starter filled with farmhouse ale yeast going nuts, and it will most likly be pitched in the next couple days.
I will keep you all informed![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
cheers
Just thought i would start a thread to document the life and times of an experiment i have going.
I bought the dried Hibiscus flowers a year or so ago with grand plans, but you know what its like. I found them in a box a couple weeks back and thought.... Mmmmmm forgot about them.
So i raided the grain bag box and found a few almost empty bags that needed to be used. knocked up a 34L batch of "beer" hopped with 90g of Citra (which i wish i had saved for my APA now) and dropped a kilo of the flowers in the hot wort at flame out.
soaked and stired for 10 min and split between 2 x 17L cubes.
Recipe:
Hibiscus Bomb
Recipe Specifics
----------------
Batch Size (L): 34.00 Wort Size (L): 34.00
Total Grain (kg): 6.70
Anticipated OG: 1.044 Plato: 10.89
Anticipated EBC: 7.0
Anticipated IBU: 34.4
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
59.7 4.00 kg. Weyermann Bohemien Pils GErmany 1.038 4
29.9 2.00 kg. JWM Traditional Ale Malt Australia 1.038 6
10.4 0.70 kg. JWM Wheat Malt Australia 1.038 4
Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
20.00 g. Topaz Pellet 16.20 17.0 20 min.
30.00 g. Topaz Pellet 16.20 12.7 8 min.
40.00 g. Topaz Pellet 16.20 4.7 2 min.
Yeast
-----
?????????????
Notes
-----
Added 1KG Hibiscus flowers at flame out to soak for 10 min before running t
o cubes
The dry hibiscus flowers:
![Hibiscus2.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/c52/c526a226a3762d2b132d09d2355b64dd.jpg)
boil before adding flowers:
![Hibiscus1.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/7d7/7d7c6f4d40900589c4c3f8a211e81b5f.jpg)
boil after adding flowers:
![Hibiscus5.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d40/d40e15d1ade1c4088f5bd33c78354bae.jpg)
Wort colour before adding flowers:
![Hibiscus3.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/480/48065e2742803fcd002190909e83711b.jpg)
Wort colour after adding flowers:
![Hibiscus4.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b6d/b6d238968f60aa06e836b61e43d54239.jpg)
So........ i have a starter filled with farmhouse ale yeast going nuts, and it will most likly be pitched in the next couple days.
I will keep you all informed
cheers