“This is a base wheat beer recipe I use when I am looking to make a nice cushion for a [tarter] adjunct, such as staghorn sumac,” says Vasilios Gletsos, founder-brewer of Wunderkammer Biermanufaktur in Albany, Vermont. The sumac, or Rhus typhina, “has its own lemony character, complemented with deeper red-fruit notes.”
For more on different technical approaches to brewing beers with rustic character, see Brewing Saison: The Taste of Rustic.
ALL-GRAIN
Batch size: 5 gallons (19 liters)
Brewhouse efficiency: 72%
OG: 1.044
FG: 1.002
IBUs: 18
ABV: 5.5%
