Brew #47 – Paragon Apricot Blonde
This is a Pro Series kit from Northern Brewer.
09/14/2013 – Brew Day
0.5 lb – Briess Caramel (20L)
6.3 lb – Gold LME
1 lb – Briess Golden Light DME
1 oz – Cascade (60 min)
0.5 tsp – Yeast nutrient (15 min)
1 tsp – Irish Moss (15 min)
Shook to aerate.
Pitched Wyeast 1056 (American Ale Yeast)
O.G.: 1.056, 13.6% Brix
Fermenting at 68 degrees F in the fermentation chamber
09/16/2013 – Racked to secondary
Added 0.5 tsp pectic enzyme to the 3 lb, 1 oz can of Apricot puree.
Racked the still fermenting beer on top of the puree. With only 2 days in the fermenter, it was still churning and had a 1.5″ krausen. After racking the activity was pretty much stopped. The yeast cake was used immediately for Brew #48.
After a few hours, the activity has returned and there is a very small krausen on the top. The apricot seems to have settled on the bottom.
Overnight the Krausen has fully reformed. I mixed up the apricot from the bottom again hoping that it will all be exposed to the yeast.
Used info from here: http://www.midwestsupplies.com/using-vintners-harvest-fruit-purees.html
09/21/2013 – Racked to Tertiary
I.G.: 1.013, 6.9% Brix
10/17/2013 – Kegged
F.G.: 1.012, 7.0 Degrees Brix
ABV: 5.8%
Added 4 oz of Apricot flavor