Tuesday, September 2, 2008

New recipe

when last we left i had made the below (insert down arrow graphic) recipe - but found it had too much of a leafey taste (wintergreen) and not enough licorice (star anise actually - licorise root tastes like tree...) and a bit too much sugar - so here's what we did.

1 oz Licorice root
2 oz Indian sarsaparilla
1 oz Star Anise
1 oz Wintergreen leaves
1.25lbs pure cane sugar
2 GAL water
1tsp champaign yeast

steep 45 min at 180/190

and let me tell you - this one is a winner - i am going to let it steep a little bit longer with the everything except for the wintergreen next time - do 10 min, add wintergreen then 45 min - but man - this one rocks.