Cookbook:Free Beer

Free beer, also known as Vores Øl in Danish, is a beer with its recipe licensed under a CC-BY-SA license.

Version 4.0 (Codename: Skands) (19 L, ALL-GRAIN) OG = 1.054 FG = 1.014 IBU = 32 SRM = 19 ABV = 5.1 %)

Malt

 * 3.8 kg Maris Otter (3.0 SRM)
 * 800 g Munich Malt (7.1 SRM)
 * 200 g Crystal Malt (66.0 SRM)
 * 100 g Brown Malt (95.4 SRM)
 * 80 g Carafa Special Type III (710.7 SRM)

Hops

 * 7.48 AAU Northern Brewer hop pellets (FWH.)
 * 25 g of 8.5% alpha acid
 * 2.92 AAU Williamette hop pellets (7 min.)
 * 15 g of 5.5% alpha acid

Spice

 * 35 g guaraná berries

Yeast

 * London ale (White Labs #WLP013)

Procedure

 * 1) Crush guaraná beans and infuse in 1 quart of hot boiled water (max temperature 78 °C).
 * 2) Filter the mixture and add to the boiling wort the last 15 minutes.
 * 3) Mash crushed grains at 66 °C in 135 L of water.
 * 4) Hold mash at 66 °C for 60 minutes.
 * 5) Heat to 72 °C.
 * 6) Hold mash at 72 °C for 5 minutes.
 * 7) Heat to 78 °C.
 * 8) Hold mash at 78 °C for 10 minutes.
 * 9) Sparge with 15.5 L of 78 °C water.
 * 10) Collect 22.7 L of wort.
 * 11) Remember to add Northern Brewer hops at the beginning of sparge a.k.a. First Wort Hops/FWH.
 * 12) Boil wort for 60 minutes.
 * 13) Add the Guaraná mixture the last 15 minutes and the Willamette hops the last 7 minutes.
 * 14) Cool wort to 19.5 °C and transfer to clean and disinfected fermenter. Remember to aerate the cooled wort, dissolving as much oxygen as possible in the wort.
 * 15) Pitch yeast.
 * 16) Ferment at 19.5 °C until fermentation is completed (about 7–10 days).
 * 17) Dissolve 90 g of sugar in a small amount boiling water.
 * 18) Put the sugar mixture in a clean and disinfected container, and transfer the fermented beer to it. This will ensure even distribution of carbonation sugar. Leave as much yeast sediment/trub as possible in the fermenter. Be careful not to aerate the fermented beer in the process.
 * 19) Bottle for carbonation, and leave at 19.5 °C for 7–10 days.
 * 20) Store bottles at 4–8 °C for another 14–30 days.
 * 21) Serve cold and enjoy.