Elderflower Ale

rory_way · Apr 22, 2016

Just done my first Elderflower Ale, still cooling (will be a while as I still don't have a cooler!). Thought I'd do one that the GF would enjoy!

I used the recipe from 'Home Brew Beer' and upper the elderflowers by a third to a get a bit more punch.

This is my 2nd all grain brew, the first of which was a 1 gallon stove top brew (conditioning atm). This one should be much better I think, I followed the 'rules' a little more closely this time!

BrannBrew · Apr 23, 2016

An elderflower and honey ale was my first AG lovely taste best beer I've put together. I try to read alot and next time I'll try to improve my mash efficiency which until this week I didn't really think you could with a 10L BIAB method.

GHW · Apr 23, 2016

I fancy giving this a go but won't be this year now. Would be interested to see how much of the elderflower flavour comes through in the finished beer.

BrannBrew · Apr 23, 2016

Garethhuwwilliams said:
I fancy giving this a go but won't be this year now. Would be interested to see how much of the elderflower flavour comes through in the finished beer.

In the brew I did I had 30g (in 12l overall) at 5mins before flameout. Ones I've tried so far had definitely an elderflower punch then a dry honey taste. Here's my recipe http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/334259/golden-flower

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Twostage · Apr 23, 2016

Might be worth letting the girlfriend have a sniff of elderflowers, females are more sensitive to the 'catty' smell. My missus thought my elderflower ale was horrible until it had been in the bottle for nearly a year.

Sonnal · Apr 23, 2016

I'm just about to bottle mine. I based it on the GH recipe but added more elderflowers and used cascade instead of the English hops suggested. I didn't put any late hops in as I wanted the flavour of the elderflower to come through. I have never noticed a catty smell with elderflower so I think females being sensitive to it may be a bit of a sweeping generalisation :grin:.

I have to say, as a summer brew it's got great promise. The elderflower definitely comes through. I'm sure she'll love it.

Twostage · Apr 23, 2016

Sonnal said:
I have never noticed a catty smell with elderflower so I think females being sensitive to it may be a bit of a sweeping generalisation :grin:.

I have to say, as a summer brew it's got great promise. The elderflower definitely comes through. I'm sure she'll love it.

Generalisations always are.:smile:

I think I read it in the hops book, there's definitely something about smell sensitivity to certain chemicals linked to gender.

I'm going to have to find it now

Sonnal · Apr 23, 2016

Twostage said:
Generalisations always are.:smile:

I think I read it in the hops book, there's definitely something about smell sensitivity to certain chemicals linked to gender.

I'm going to have to find it now

Lol, sorry Twostage :whistle:

GHW · Apr 23, 2016

Twostage said:
Generalisations always are.:smile:

I think I read it in the hops book, there's definitely something about smell sensitivity to certain chemicals linked to gender.

I'm going to have to find it now

There are certain smells my wife is very sensitive to.

Including, but not limited to those created by brewing.

Tony1951 · Apr 23, 2016

Twostage said:
Generalisations always are.:smile:

I think I read it in the hops book, there's definitely something about smell sensitivity to certain chemicals linked to gender.

I'm going to have to find it now

Completely agree. Some features are linked to gender. Thank God for that I say. Saves all kinds of nasty surprises - quite apart from the fact that lots of women hate the odour products associated with certain hops.

BrannBrew · Apr 23, 2016

Garethhuwwilliams said:
There are certain smells my wife is very sensitive to.

Including, but not limited to those created by brewing.

My wfe really didn't like the smell with the first stove topper I did, think it stems from when a local brewery near where she used work when they use to vent the smell on a day that usually was the morning after the night before when she had a few too many. I just find it easier now just to take a day off and not worry about if it's too much for her and that we're not getting in each others way.

Tony1951 said:
Completely agree. Some features are linked to gender. Thank God for that I say. Saves all kinds of nasty surprises - quite apart from the fact that lots of women hate the odour products associated with certain hops.

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