Modern Gruit Ale Variations
RECIPE DETAILS

  • By: Christopher Moore
  • Final volume: 4.3 gallons / 16L
  • Original gravity:1.062 (15.5°P)
  • Final gravity:1.014 (3.5°P)
  • Potential alcohol: 6.4% abv

INGREDIENTS

Malts/Sugars

  • 3 lbs. Dark caramel dry malt extract
  • 1 lb. Light brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons blackstrap molasses added to light brown sugar
  • 0.5 lb. Homemade invert candy sugar (clear color used instead of medium)
  • 1 lb. Honey (Wendy’s spring honey with small amount of fall honey added)

Specialty Grains

  • .5 lb of Simpsons Dark Crystal
  • .5 lb. Of Muntons Cara-Pils 2 row barley malt (lovibond 10-15)

Yeast

  • Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen

Herbs

  • No hops, of course, but here are the herb additions in a 75 minute boil:
  • 1 oz. Dried Mugwort at 60 minutes
  • 1 oz. Dried Yarrow at 60 minutes
  • 2 g. Dried Bog myrtle at 10 minutes
  • 0.2 oz. Dried Marsh rosemary at 10 minutes

Extra

  • 1 lb. malto-dextrin at 10 minutes for added body/mouthfeel.
  • Bottle conditioned with 5oz. corn sugar for priming.