Steve's Chrismas Ale
This is a very good spice beer. I enjoyed it
Brewer: | Steve Jensen | Email: | sugaree1@mediaone.net | |||||
Beer: | Steve's Chrismas Ale | Style: | herb/spice beer | |||||
Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5.0 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 6 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.065 | FG: | 1.016 | |||||
Alcohol: | 6.3% v/v (4.9% w/w) | |||||||
Water: | bottled spring water | |||||||
Grain: | 1 lb. American crystal 90L | |||||||
Steep: | mash grains at 133deg. Let rest for 30 min. Raise temp to 149-152deg. and hold for 90 min. for starch convertion. Mash out for 10 min at 170deg. sparge with 1 gallon of 170deg. water. | |||||||
Boil: | 60min minutes | SG 1.161 | 2.0 gallons | |||||
4 lb. Light malt extract 3.5 lb. Munton and fison old ale kit (dark) .50 lb. Belgian candi sugar (Dark) .25 lb. Corn sugar |
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Add 2 tsp gypsum, malt extracts, candi sugar, corn sugar, all spices (see note*)and 1oz of fuggle. After 20 min of boil add 2 tsp irish moss. At the end steep 1/2oz of fuggle. *1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1/2tsp cardimon, 4 sticks of cinnamon, 1oz ginger root, 1oz sweet orange peel, and a dash of vanila extract. | ||||||||
Hops: | 1 oz. Fuggles (4.75% AA, 60 min.) .50 oz. Fuggles (aroma) |
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Yeast: | #1187 wyeast ringwood ale | |||||||
Log: | Ferment for 1 week at 68deg. Then rack to secondary for 2 weeks at 68deg. prime with 3/4 cup corn sugar and bottle, age for 6 weeks. | |||||||
Tasting: | This beer has a nice sweet aftertaste with just a hint of the spices. I could not get enough of this one mmm good to the last drop. |
Recipe posted 11/05/00.