A friend insisted that i try my hands on a green tea flavored beer. Wasn't very keen at first but since he offer to sponsor part of the cost, i don't mind doing it. (I am such a cheapskate LOL.)
Here goes the recipe:
3 x 75 g of green tea bags. Steeped with 3 x 2L of hot water at abt 80 degrees.
2 x 1.5kg Amber LME
1 x 1kg Light DME
1 Oz Tettnanger 60 min boil
0.5 Oz Tettnanger 40min boil
0.5 Oz Cascade 15min boil
Yeast: Urquell
A sip of the unfermented beer reveals some notes of green tea but i don't know if the taste will survive after the fermentation. Remains to be seen. Raymond advised that I should have put less DME. I put 1kg in anyway and the OG was like 1.060 at 22L. I added another 2L of water but didn't measure the gravity thereafter. Should be fine I guess.
I juz finished this batch last night and it is already fermenting fast this morning. Seems like the yeast is very active. Great stuff.