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Fortside Brewing Company Kanaka Ale (Saison) - Extract Version

$61.50

Fortside Brewing Co. Kanaka Ale (Saison) - Extract Version


Kanaka Ale pours a light persimmon color with a bright white head.  This beer is highly aromatic with citrus notes billowing out of the glass.  Full of light malt flavor that is balanced by fruity and spicy esters and a slight rye kick that contributes a bit of complexity.
 
Makes 5 gallons

Malts & Extracts:
1.00  lbs. German Pilsner Malt
0.50  lbs. Crystal 15L Malt
0.50  lbs. Rye Malt
3.3    lbs. Light Liquid Malt Extract (LME)
3.3    lbs. Wheat Liquid Malt Extract (LME)
1.00  lbs.  Light Dry Malt Extract (DME)

Hops:
0.50 oz. Cascade hops (boil 60 minutes)
0.50 oz. Tettnang hops (boil 60  minutes)
0.50 oz. Cascade hops (boil 15 minutes)
0.50 oz. Tettnang hops (boil 15 minutes)
1.00 ea. Carrageenan Tablet - Kick, Whirlfloc, or 1 tsp. Irish Moss (boil 15 minutes)
0.50 oz. Tettnang hops (boil 5 minutes)

Yeast:
Imperial B64 Napoleon (65°-78°F) -or- Lalbrew Farmhouse (72°-86°F)
 
Step by step:
Steep crushed malted grain in 2-3 gallons of 150°-160° water for 30 minutes. Remove the grain from the hot water with a strainer, then bring wort to a boil. When boiling starts, remove pot from burner and slowly add 1 cup the LME (either one) stirring to dissolve. Return to a boil, then add 0.50 oz. each Cascade & Tettnang hops and boil for 60 minutes. With 15 minutes left in your boil, add 0.50 oz. each Cascade & Tettnang hops, and 1.00 Carrageenan tablet. Add 0.50 oz. Tettnang hops for the last 5 minutes of the boil. At the end of the boil turn off the heat, add the remainder of the LME and DME stirring to dissolve. Strain hot wort into a fermenter filled with 2 gallons of cold water and top off to the 5.5 gallon mark. Add yeast when the temperature of your wort is less than 78°, and begin fermenting. Allow the beer to finish fermenting, wait about 3 more days, and then bottle or keg as desired.

OG:   1.057
FG:    1.006
ABV:  6.3%
IBUs: 25
 
Fortside Brewing Company was founded on the ideal of strengthening craft beer culture in SW Washington (the "“Fort”-side of the mighty Columbia River). The "Fort" (Fort Vancouver) is a monumental landmark in the Pacific Northwest that persists as a strong, powerful and resilient symbol of this areas heritage. Fortside Brewing Company is all about brewing beer worth being passionate about. Fortside produces beers people enjoy tasting, smelling and experiencing. Beers made with local ingredients that express a local style. Now filling kegs, growlers and glasses in Vancouver Washington.