Old Ale With Grapes And Honey NHC 2010

Category 23: Specialty Beer

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Sponsored by The Hop Shack

Jane Zalewski, Proctorville, Ohio, Greater Huntington Homebrewers

Gold Medal

"Old Ale with Grapes and Honey"

Old Ale with honey, saffron and grape juice

Ingredients for 5 U.S. gallons (18.93 L)

10.0 lb (4.54 kg) two-row pale malt

1.5 lb (0.68 kg) light dry malt extract

0.65 oz (18.4 g) Willamette pellet hops (60 minutes)

0.65 oz (18.4 g) Willamette pellet hops (15 minutes)

1.0 tsp (4.93 ml) saffron (15 min)

1.5 tablets Whirlfloc (15 min)

8.0 lb (3.63 kg) grape juice concentrate (0 min)

3.0 lb (1.36 kg) honey (0 min)

0.5 gallon North End Tavern Brewing American Ale yeast starter

Forced CO2 to carbonate

Original Specific Gravity: 1.104

Final Specific Gravity: 1.025

Boil Time: 60 minutes

Primary Fermentation: 3 weeks at 70° F (21° C)

Directions

Mash grains at 146° F (63° C) for 60 minutes. Sparge at 168° F (76° C)

Runners-Up

Silver Medal: Wardell Massey, Spring City, PA, Specialty Beer

Bronze Medal: Michael Johnson, Salt Lake City, UT, Specialty Beer, Zion Zymurgist Homebrew OPerative Society (ZZ HOPS)