January Fest

An excellent spiced dark ale, nice cinnamon aroma without one flavor overpowering the others.

Brewer:	Lothar		Email:	-
Beer:	January Fest		Style:	Spiced Ale
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5.0 gallons
Color:	85 HCU (~31 SRM)		Bitterness:	33 IBU
OG:	1.059		FG:	1.012
Alcohol:	6.1% v/v (4.8% w/w)
Water:	Straight Des Moines tap water.
Grain:	1 lb. 8 oz. British crystal 70-80L 8 oz. British chocolate
Steep:	Put crushed grains in a grain bag and put in 3 gallons of cold water. Bring water towards a boil, take out grains at 170 F.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.066	4.5 gallons
	3 lb. Light malt extract 3 lb. Amber dry malt extract 8 oz. Brown sugar
	Add malts and brown sugar and bring to a boil. Add N Brewer hops and boil 60min. Add 2 sticks of cinnamon, 1/2 oz dried orange peel, and 1 tsp crushed cardamom at 30 min into boil. Add 1 tsp Irish Moss w/ 15 min left. Add Cascade hops w/ 8 min left.
Hops:	1 oz. Northern Brewer (8.8% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (3.5% AA, 8 min.)
Yeast:	Pitched rehydrated Australian Ale yeast (14g packet). It didn't take off after 2 days, so I pitched 1 pkt Danstar Windsor Ale and 1 pkt Superior Lager yeast (both rehydrated) and it began fermenting within 24 hrs.
Log:	Brewed 1/10/98, bottled 1/21/98.
Carbonation:	3/4 cup corn sugar
Tasting:	Excellent flavor after 2 weeks in bottle, dark color but light body. I think I would add more cardamom next time, but everything blended well.

Recipe posted 08/26/98.