BIGJIM72
Landlord.
Been meaning to have a go at this for a while. I have mentioned it once or twice in previous posts/chats & have heard various ideas,suggestions & opinions (thanks to all to those who contributed). Experiment 1 will involve bananas in the mash (90 mins).
Why do it? I have a few reasons. Firstly, I work in contract catering & often have access to large amounts of imperfect bananas-so I am curious to see how they will perform as an adjunct-so owt for nowt. Secondly comes curiosity. Banana beer threads raise their heads & the rule of thumb is the flavour comes from the yeast used & temperature control &/or banana essence. Just want to try & see how real fruit will perform,if at all. I am fully expecting a stuck mash, a pectin haze & every other disaster possible.
So we are starting with dehydrated bananas-not chips (they are deep fried & obviously will contain unwanted oil).
Here's some I prepared earlier:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=39767
Before drying a peeled banana weighed around 100gm, after 25gm.
Grain Bill for 23lt:
Marris Otter 4.6kg
Crystal 100 gm
Dried bananas 200gm
Hops (very unscientific)
Handful of homegrown challengers,handful of homegrown fuggles,few homegrown first gold,2-3g target
So at 70% efficiency I should end up with an OG of at least 1044.Mash started around 1pm,will go for 90 mins.
Dried bananas & hops
Spent grain after sparge
Very murky first runnings
Wort on to boil
Boil ending with few extra bananas
Why do it? I have a few reasons. Firstly, I work in contract catering & often have access to large amounts of imperfect bananas-so I am curious to see how they will perform as an adjunct-so owt for nowt. Secondly comes curiosity. Banana beer threads raise their heads & the rule of thumb is the flavour comes from the yeast used & temperature control &/or banana essence. Just want to try & see how real fruit will perform,if at all. I am fully expecting a stuck mash, a pectin haze & every other disaster possible.
So we are starting with dehydrated bananas-not chips (they are deep fried & obviously will contain unwanted oil).
Here's some I prepared earlier:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=39767
Before drying a peeled banana weighed around 100gm, after 25gm.
Grain Bill for 23lt:
Marris Otter 4.6kg
Crystal 100 gm
Dried bananas 200gm
Hops (very unscientific)
Handful of homegrown challengers,handful of homegrown fuggles,few homegrown first gold,2-3g target
So at 70% efficiency I should end up with an OG of at least 1044.Mash started around 1pm,will go for 90 mins.
Dried bananas & hops
Spent grain after sparge
Very murky first runnings
Wort on to boil
Boil ending with few extra bananas
