Friday, 27 May 2011

Kiwit Beer

It's Friday!!! The week-end is here....as is the summer (almost). Today's post is for something that goes hand-in-hand with summer week-ends - cold, refreshing beer! I'm not the only one who likes to make things from scratch in this house. My husband is on a beer making kick. He's tried a few different types, with the latest (still fermenting) being Kiwit - a white beer flavoured with kiwi. We brewed this beer on Monday (Victoria Day) and hope to bottle it in about 2 more weeks. So far the fermenting process is going well, and it looks and smells promising. Mike insisted that I post a beer recipe, so since this one has fruit in it, it's going to make the blog :)



Kiwit Beer
  • 5 gallons cold water
  • 1/2 lb Torrified wheat grain
  • 1/2 lb 6 row brewers malt
  • 2 tsp gypsum
  • 6.6 lbs wheat-barley liquid malt extract
  • 1 ounce Tettnanger hop pellets
  • 1/2 ounce Willamette hop pellets
  • 1/2 ounce crushed coriander
  • 1 tsp Irish moss
  • 4.5 lbs fresh kiwi, peeled and cubed
  • 1 pack Wyeast 3944XL (Belgian Wit)
  • extra water to fill carboy to 5 gallon mark
  • 5 ounces priming sugar (for bottling)
1. If you are actually going to brew this beer and don't know how, leave a comment and I will post the step-by-step :) Cheers!

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