Son of Bare Trees

Fermentables

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

Hops

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

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.