| Ingredient | Amount | % | MCU | When |
| Belgian Aromatic Malt | 0.450 kg | 17.3 % | 3.8 | In Mash/Steeped |
| UK Light Crystal | 0.450 kg | 17.3 % | 5.9 | In Mash/Steeped |
| Extract - Light Dried Malt Extract | 1.700 kg | 65.4 % | 2.2 | Start Of Boil
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| Variety | Alpha | Amount | IBU | Form | When |
| US Citra | 13.8 % | 10 g | 18.1 | Loose Whole Hops | First Wort Hopped |
| Czech Saaz | 3.1 % | 15 g | 2.8 | Loose Whole Hops | 15 Min From End |
| UK Northdown | 8.7 % | 15 g | 8.0 | Loose Whole Hops | 15 Min From End |
| Czech Saaz | 3.1 % | 15 g | 0.0 | Loose Whole Hops | At turn off
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4 Litres (from 15), Wyeast 2112 (California Lager), 1.043 - 1.014 = 3.9%
Son of bare trees was adapted from Randy Mosher's Abbey Singel recipe. It was meant to be a low ABV, low IBU, malty beer fermented with a Belgian Yeast - I followed Randy's hop schedule but used Citra for bittering instead of Challenger. I did around a 4 gallon batch, ran off 4 litres into a PET bottle and stuck in the Wyeast California Lager yeast, hence Son Of Bare Trees. Bare trees will be saved for another day but suffice to say there was a nasty off flavour in there which I thought was down to the fermenter, but it was just starting to creep in when I had this last bottle of Son of Bare Trees. I quite liked it but it never tasted quite how I expected it to but I really liked the crispness the yeast gave it. It was definitely better fresh though and never really had the malt character I wanted it to have.
