Looking ahead to late-summer pawpaw picking: This strong ale recipe from Jackie O’s in Athens, Ohio, features a robust wheat base as a platform for the tiki-drink flavors of this unusual fruit.
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“Paw Paw Wheat is a cult classic beer among pawpaw aficionados,” says Jackie O’s head brewer Seth Morton. “We brew this burly wheat ale annually for the Ohio Pawpaw Festival as well as for distribution throughout Ohio.”
For more on brewing with this tropical-flavored fruit that grows in un-tropical places, see Special Ingredient: Pawpaw.
ALL-GRAIN
Batch size: 5 gallons (19 liters)
Brewhouse efficiency: 72%
OG: 1.076
FG: 1.008
IBUs: 12
ABV: 9%
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