Forrest's Fire Beer recipe

Recipe copyright (C)1988 Forrest Cook and Jonathan Corbet

Brewed 9/9/1988 Bottled 10/1/1989, Size 10 Gallons

Ingredients:

2 cans John Bull light malt extract
5 lbs honey
~7 oz chopped ginger root
4 oz cascade leaf hops (boil)
2 tbsp gypsum
2 handfulls cascade leaf hops (finish)
2 packs John Bull? yeast
1.5 cups corn sugar (bottling)

Specific Gravity Readings, 2 carboys:

OG1 1.014 @ 74 deg F
OG2 1.022 @ 89 deg F
FG1 1.010 @ 74 deg F
FG2 1.008 @ 74 deg F

Comments: Aged slowly (as with most honey beers) but was worth the wait.

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