TastyBrew.com | Lazy Man's Seasonal (Tea Beer)

TastyBrew.com | Lazy Man's Seasonal (Tea Beer) TastyBrew presents... Lazy Man's Seasonal (Tea Beer)
Potent, simple, and easy recipe for when you want to make a tasty beer but are too hung over to think about it.
Submitted by Mark Fields on 15 Mar 2002 02:16 AM (GMT)

Ingredients

1.5 lbs Hopped Light Malt Extract per gallon.
Approx 8-10 Flavored Tea Bags per gallon.
Mutons 6 gram beer yeast.

Preparation
Boil malt extract in 1/3 gallon of water (more if making a larger batch) for 20 mins.

Boil tea bags in seperate pot with similar amount of water, 20 mins.

Combine wort and tea, cool by any means neccesary.

Bring level to a gallon (or to whatever scale) and pitch the cheapest beer yeast you can get your hands on. I used a 6 gram pack of Muttons.

Specifics

Style Winter Beer

Recipe Type Extract

Batch Size 1 gallon or more.

Original Gravity

Final Gravity

Boiling Time 20 Mins

Primary Fermentation plastic 7 days more if too bubbly

Secondary Fermentation glass until not fermentation halts.

Other Specifics For the "Flavored Tea" I would suggest a Caffiene Free Celestial Seasonings. If you drink like I do at times, that much caffiene is probably not a good thing, or at least so says my wife.

Comments
I had tried this first as a 1 gallon batch out of sheer fear. I used a Mandarin Orange tea and was surprised at the popularity of it when sampled among non-homebrewing friends. It was even wonderfull at room temperature.

Lacking wisdom I have started a second 3 gallon batch with a peppermint tea.

I hope to make a 5 gallon batch of the mandarin orange in the late summer or fall.

TastyBrew Recipe Location: http://www.tastybrew.com/brews/view/15

Style	Winter Beer
Recipe Type	Extract
Batch Size	1 gallon or more.
Original Gravity
Final Gravity
Boiling Time	20 Mins
Primary Fermentation	plastic 7 days more if too bubbly
Secondary Fermentation	glass until not fermentation halts.
Other Specifics	For the "Flavored Tea" I would suggest a Caffiene Free Celestial Seasonings. If you drink like I do at times, that much caffiene is probably not a good thing, or at least so says my wife.