Graff

[Chris Craig]

I got this from HBT.  It's pretty much the one carmstrong made a few months back.

.5 lb crystal 120L
1 oz of flaked barley
4 Gallons of apple juice.
1 gallon of water
2 lbs of DME
0.5 oz Willamette

Directions for brewing:
Steep the grain in .75 gallons of water @ 155 degrees for 30 mins.
Sparge with .25 gallons 170 degree water and throw away grains.
Add DME and bring to a boil.
Add hops when boiling starts and boil for 30 mins.
Cool down the wort (if you choose not to cool the wort and just let the AJ do the cooling then your cider won't be as clear). I don't care about clarity so I just let the AJ do the cooling, but if you stick your pot in the freezer and let this get down to 70 degrees or so your cider will clear fairly easy. Pour the wort and apple juice into your carboy and pitch yeast.

Ferment 2 weeks at 64-68 degrees with US-05 then keg or bottle.

[Richard]

Some variant of this recipe needs to be promoted to wiki... that stuff was beautiful.

[Chris Craig]

This stuff is AWESOME!  It's definitely going into rotation around here.

Wiki for sure!

[Chris Craig]

Gonna run this with some fresh pressed cider this fall.

[Chris Craig]

Finally getting around to running this again.  I haven't brewed since early November, and I'm itching to ferment something!

[jamie_savoie]

I’ve always been curious to try graff, bring some to a meet someday   

[Chris Craig]

I’ve always been curious to try graff, bring some to a meet someday   

Will do.  I expect it'll be ready for the meeting after next.

[Chris Craig]

Well, I got carried away on this...Poured in an extra 2L of juice by mistake.  I also decided, against the HBT author's advice, to double up on the hops.  1oz of Hallertau.  We'll see.  I should be kegging this in 2 weeks.

[Chris Craig]

And no flaked barley.  WTF is 1 oz of any grain going to have???

[Chris Craig]

This is delicious!

[Jake]

I may take the hour or so and make some of this tonight ... no time to brew a full batch of beer

what is the starting gravity on this approximately?

[Chris Craig]

I'm not sure. I didn't measure. In best guess is 1.055

[Chris Craig]

Jake, I'd go easy on the hops.  I doubled up, and it's a bit bitter.  If that's what you want, then go to 'er.

[Jake]

I bought twelve 1.36L bottles yesterday of Graves apple juice at Costco, and got around to making it around 10 last night ... was completely finished with clean up by 11:30. Very easy recipe to make when time is an issue.

I used .5 oz of 4%AA EKG ... the only step that I passed on was the sparge, other than that I followed the recipe.

[Chris Craig]

It's good to drink in 2 weeks.  Great recipe when you're low on time.