Treegun: Wolfwood Ale - Hentai-Brau #19

Treegun: Wolfwood Ale



Source Anime: Trigun
Style: White Pine Ale
Brewed: 12/21/08
Bottled: 03/15/09

Batch: 5 gallons
OG: 1.063
FG: 1.012
Color: 16.49 SRM
Bitterness: 23.3 IBU
Alcohol: 6.6% ABV

7 lbs Munton’s dry pilsner malt extract
8 oz 6-row pale malt
8 oz chocolate malt
8 oz wheat malt
4 oz rauche malt
1 oz cascade hops (60 minute boil)
1 oz cascade hops (5 minute boil)
5 oz fresh cut white-pine sprigs
1 oz oak chips (medium toast)
White Labs California Ale yeast
-Partial mash the grains (40 min at 150 degrees)
-Half of the pine sprigs are added with 5 minutes before flame-out.
-Make a tincture of the oak chips and half of the pine sprigs in 4 oz vodka. Add this to the secondary.
-Prime with 1 cup of dry pilsner malt

Notes:
Opened Dark Lord Day 2009, Greg thought it was a little young, but I believe the pine flavor really came through. -Holly