1st Place

 

LAVENDER ALE II – C. Jones and D. Catanzaro

 

 

½ # Belgian White Wheat - steep for an hour at 155 F

½ # Flaked Oats - steep for an hour at 155 F

 

4 # Muntons Dried Extra Light Malt Extract – 60 minute boil

 

1 oz First Gold (UK) hop pellets, 8.2 AAU/oz - 50 minutes

 

½ tsp Irish Moss - 30 minutes

 

0.6 oz dried Lemon Peel - 0 minutes

3 tbls dried Lemongrass - 0 minutes

0.6 oz dried Lavender - 0 minutes

0.5 oz fresh Lavender - 0 minutes

 

Wyeast 1056 American ale yeast

 

BREWED:  20 August 2006

SECONDARY:  27 August 2006

BOTTLED:  3 September 2006

 

NOTES:  First place, HRBTS herb/spice/holiday ale contest, December 2007; judge’s comments:  “Smooth, easy drinker; lavender was overpowering; pops with carbonation; I like it.”  The lavender was supposed to be over powering – there isn’t much in this to balance it out a bit.