It's Summertime, and the Brewing is Lazy - Summer Ale

With summertime upon us I have decided to brew 2 batches of a Sam Adams Summer Ale clone that I have been using for the past few years. It might be my lack of an appetite for a super complexified hop bomb of a beer on a hot summer day, but I am in the mood to brew a few no-brainer super simple mini-mash beers, and that is exactly what my Sam Adams Summer Ale clone is.

Grist

0.5 lbs of 2 Row Malt

0.5 lbs of White Wheat

Extract

7 lbs of Wheat Extract

Hops in the Boil

1.5oz Tettnang for 60 Minutes

0.5oz tettnang for 5 Minutes

Yeast

White Labs - California V Ale Yeast (WLP051)

Dry Hopping 

none

Additional Ingredients

Whirlfloc for 15 Minutes

2g Paradise Seeds for 15 Minutes
Zest of 3 Lemons

The first batch was a success with two gatherings each being able to finish off half of the five gallon keg. My apologies to the second gathering for not anticipating your thirst for more than half of a keg. It was after a brewfest people...how was I to know?!? The second batch is boiling with 1.5 oz of tettnang as I type this, and I will let y'all know how it turns out when I write about my next brewing adventure (insert echo of "adventure" for effect)....