Christmas beer

tteknulp

Christmas beer

I put this on today
It smelt wonderfull simmering in the pot,so hopefully it tastes the same, should be interesting

3kg plain light malt extract
450g light honey
500 muscavo brown sugar
225g crystal malt
60g black malt
40g cascade hops in boil
20g saaz finishing
30g grated ginger root
3g ground cinnamon
Grated zest of 3 oranges
Safele s04 yeast

o.g 1052

oblivious

Look good, but Christmas is still a bit away you can easily fit a few more brews in

tteknulp

oblivious wrote: »

Look good, but Christmas is still a bit away you can easily fit a few more brews in

I have 3 on at mo ,xmas one ,a vanilla choc milk stout ,and a AIPA cascade n citra

I bottled brown ale on weds ,which had 4 vanilla pods that were soaked in bourbon for 2weeks in it ,tasted ok ,but not sure about it ,conditioning might help

oblivious

tteknulp wrote: »

I have 3 on at mo ,xmas one ,a vanilla choc milk stout ,and a AIPA cascade n citra

I bottled brown ale on weds ,which had 4 vanilla pods that were soaked in bourbon for 2weeks in it ,tasted ok ,but not sure about it ,conditioning might help

Nice

blueshed

plan on something similar this wend and going to soak raisins in spiced rum, would soaking for 5 or 6 days be enough time.

tteknulp

Star Anise 

blueshed wrote: »

plan on something similar this wend and going to soak raisins in spiced rum, would soaking for 5 or 6 days be enough time.

Raisins hmm sounds good ,id say its fine ,you might want to liquidise 1st , i never used before

someone mentioned Star Anise to add a liqorice hint

blueshed

what I hope to brew is

Finlandia dark ale kit
1.5kg LME
150g wheat spraymalt
200g carapils
75g chocolate malt
50g fuggles
50g perle
50g of raisins steeped in 100ml of spiced rum
1 star anise
3 cloves
orange zest
500g brown sugar
1 can of golden syrup added after 5 days

15lt brew

tteknulp

blueshed wrote: »

what I hope to brew is

Finlandia dark ale kit
1.5kg LME
150g wheat spraymalt
200g carapils
75g chocolate malt
50g fuggles
50g perle
50g of raisins steeped in 100ml of spiced rum
1 star anise
3 cloves
orange zest
500g brown sugar
1 can of golden syrup added after 5 days

15lt brew

That looks like a bad Santa alright ,it will be a 7%+ , what you putting in secondary ? or are all in boil

blueshed

few questions, had the raisins soaking in the rum since Monday. they have being in an air tight jar in my fridge, is it ok just to chuck them into the FV at the start or do I need to boil them.

when im adding the golden syrup the plan is to heat it up with 200ml of water till it boils then add straight into the FV. want to do this on day 5 or 6, would the above be correct.

tteknulp

blueshed wrote: »

few questions, had the raisins soaking in the rum since Monday. they have being in an air tight jar in my fridge, is it ok just to chuck them into the FV at the start or do I need to boil them.

when im adding the golden syrup the plan is to heat it up with 200ml of water till it boils then add straight into the FV. want to do this on day 5 or 6, would the above be correct.

Yeah put in jug with boiling water before f.v. In case any nasties ,
Add when fermenting slows down to retain flavour 6-7 days usually

blueshed

rum and raisins in tonight or in with the golden syrup ?

willabur

be careful with boiling the fruit, if you boil it too long you end up with jam.

IN find the key with christmas beers is to mature them for at least 4 months. But that recipe looks pretty good, I made one a few years ago around november time by the time I opened them in December they were medicinal in flavour but by the paddies day they were terrific

tteknulp

willabur wrote: »

be careful with boiling the fruit, if you boil it too long you end up with jam.

IN find the key with christmas beers is to mature them for at least 4 months. But that recipe looks pretty good, I made one a few years ago around november time by the time I opened them in December they were medicinal in flavour but by the paddies day they were terrific

I put honey,fruit ,and ginger ,cinamon last 5 mins as i wanted to keep as much flavour as possible ,its a low o.g so ok for xmas ,i since added a star anise & mulled wine bag ,had a sample and so far nothin overpowers so happy days : )

tteknulp

Quick update , opened a bottle today , its a nice dark amber colour so 60g black malt seems correct , flavour there is clove , cinnamon ,no real anise flavour which is a surprise as I thought it might overpower it a bit , im happy so far should be better in another month or so

blueshed

My attempt at a winter ale

Brew 27-9-13
Btl 15-10-13
OG 1058
FG 1012
ABV 6.6%

1kg Finlandia kit
1.5kg LME
200g carapils
100g aroma
100g chocolate
100g wheat spray malt
500g brown sugar
50g of raisins soaked in 100ml rum for 5 days
3 cloves
1 star anise
50g fuggles at 60mins
50g galena at 60mins
40g perle at 60mins
50g dana at 10mins

300g golden syrup added on day 5
rind of 2 oranges added on day 5

invaderzimirl

need a tasting result when ready :-)