Denmark / Drinks
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 %)
Ingredients
- Maris Otter malt, 3.0 SRM3.8 kg
- Munich malt, 7.1 SRM800 g
- Crystal malt, 66.0 SRM200 g
- Brown malt, 95.4 SRM100 g
- Carafa Special Type III, 710.7 SRM80 g
- Northern Brewer hop pellets, FWH (first wort hopping)7.48 AAU
- hops, 8.5% alpha acid25 g
- Willamette hop pellets, 7 min; source spelling: Williamette2.92 AAU
- hops, 5.5% alpha acid15 g
- guaraná berries35 g
- London ale yeast, White Labs #WLP013
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 21 steps
Crush guaraná beans and infuse in 1 quart of hot boiled water (max temperature 78 °C).
Filter the mixture and add to the boiling wort the last 15 minutes.
Mash crushed grains at 66 °C in 135 L of water.
Hold mash at 66 °C for 60 minutes.
Heat to 72 °C.
Hold mash at 72 °C for 5 minutes.
Heat to 78 °C.
Hold mash at 78 °C for 10 minutes.
Sparge with 15.5 L of 78 °C water.
Collect 22.7 L of wort.
Remember to add Northern Brewer hops at the beginning of sparge a.k.a. First Wort Hops/FWH.
Boil wort for 60 minutes.
Add the Guaraná mixture the last 15 minutes and the Willamette hops the last 7 minutes.
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.
Pitch yeast.
Ferment at 19.5 °C until fermentation is completed (about 7–10 days).
Dissolve 90 g of sugar in a small amount boiling water.
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.
Bottle for carbonation, and leave at 19.5 °C for 7–10 days.
Store bottles at 4–8 °C for another 14–30 days.
Serve cold and enjoy.
Region evidence: Wikipedia/Wikidata — en.wikipedia “Free Beer” → Wikidata Q1378288 (Free Beer)
