Lime & Corriander
Started: 15 May 99
Bottled: 22 May 99
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Get your tatse buds ready for Summer. This batch promises to be a tangy refreshing brew to accompany light Summer food
Thanks to Colin Marshall from Brew your Own At Home for providing the recipe for this one |
Ingredients
1 Can My Brew Lager
1 Kg Wheat Malt Extract
500 gms Australian Yellow Box Honey
15 gms Dried Corriander Seeds cracked
Zest and Juice of 6 Limes
15 gms English Bramling Cross Hops (AAU 5.9%)
Yeast from Lager Can
Method
Bring hops to the boil in 2-3 litres of water then simmer for 30 mins
Zest all the Lime skins then juice the Limes
Crush Corriander Seeds with Mortar & Pestle (not to powder though)
Place Lime Zest and cracked Corriander Seeds in a secured Cheesecloth bag
Boil bag in Honey, Lime Juice and enough water to cover for 30 mins
Place warmed Lager Concentrate and Malt in fermenter
Strain Hop liquor into fermenter, sparge with cold filtered water
Add Honey/Juice mix and muslin bag to fermenter
Top with filtered water to 22 litres
Pitch yeast at around 26-30 deg C
Maintain wort in Lager Beer range of 16-25 deg C
(we maintained ours around 22-24 deg C)
Facts and Figures
OG 1.050 FG: 1.0XX
Alcohol around 5.7 %
22 Litres
Analysis
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We used Corriander Seeds grown in our own veggie patch last Summer (much stronger aroma and taste than the store bought variety) Vigorous bubbling for the first two days then steady slow bubble for another two or three Very light amber colour at bottling with distinctive lime flavour ... In fact a little too limey Next time would only use half the amount of lime
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