Pistachio Pale Ale

[rctool]

Finally brewed my Pistachio Pale last weekend, it's sitting in the fermenter chuggin' away. I crushed the pistachios, put them in a grain bag and boiled them for a half hour to make a pistachio tea. Using a ladle I scooped out some of the oils that came off the nuts, then added the tea to wort at 15min left in the boil. I'll let it ferment for a full 10 days, then bottle. This is the first time I've brewed this so I have no idea if it'll work, it's my own recipe so no one else to blame if it doesn't

[linuxelf]

Wow, did you taste the pistachio tea? Could you really get a lot of pistachio flavor from it?

[rctool]

The tea had a a good Pistachio flavor and aroma I'm hoping will still be noticeable when the beer is done fermenting.

[alan_marks]

Dude, check where you got your pistachios. The FDA has found out the warehouse that was the sourse for a salmonella outbreak. Salmonella poisoning is NOT a good thing, in fact it can kill you.

I'm just sayin' ...

[andy77]

Dude, check where you got your pistachios. The FDA has found out the warehouse that was the sourse for a salmonella outbreak. Salmonella poisoning is NOT a good thing, in fact it can kill you.

I'm just sayin' ...

Boiling for a half an hour should be enough to kill salmonella.

I'm just sayin'.

[rctool]

I boiled them for an hour, everything was fine. Didn't do much for the beer though, no pistachio aroma or flavor stayed after bottling.

[Mylo]

Next time, just blend in the boiled and cooled pistachio tea after primary is done.


Mylo