Christmas Beer

[Jake]

I want to brew a couple batches for myself and the family for over the christmas holidays. Any seasonal suggestions?

[Richard]

Spices - just go easy, any more than half a teaspoon of the usual suspects will own a beer.

[Dave Savoie]

6.5 lbs American Pale Malt

1 lb White Wheat

1 lb Vienna

8 oz Belgian Special B

¼ oz Black Malt           (mash temp ~150°)

1 oz mild hop like Hallertau, Tettnanger, Styrian Golding, Mt. Hood, Willamette, Kent, etc. anywhere from 4% to 5% for 60 minutes... I used Hallertau 4.3%

1 tbsp ground cinnamon added to the brewpot and allowed to steep for 15 minutes with the lid on and the heat off

Wyeast 1099 Whitbread Ale yeast

1 tsp ground cinnamon added to 2 oz premium vanilla extract 1 day before moving the beer to secondary... add mixture to sanitized secondary and rack the beer on top

OG: 1.050, FG: 1.012, IBU: 19, SRM: 16, ABV: 4.8%

[Hawoh]

As usual, I'd recommend listening to Jamil's podcast on the style - http://thebrewingnetwork.com/shows/The-Jamil-Show/Winter-Spiced-Beer-The-Jamil-Show-09-24-07

If using older dry spices, you might want to increase the amounts.

[Hawoh]

Having just the 4th sample of my 2011 Christmas beer now, brewed back in August...   So far, it seems like it seems a little too sweet, but it was happy to pose for a nice picture in front of the tree.



Link to the broken image...

[Richard]

What's up with the image? webs.com not allow cross-domain linking or something?

edit: you need to link to the .jpg rather than the containing web-site. Fixed...

[Hawoh]

What's up with the image? webs.com not allow cross-domain linking or something?

edit: you need to link to the .jpg rather than the containing web-site. Fixed...

ah... makes sense, couldn't be bothered to nerd this one up much. Tech wrangling is for 9-5...