motobrewer
I'm no atheist scientist, but...
Holiday Ale - I think i have the spices where I want them (but feel free to critique on that), but I need help with fermentables/grain/hops. I would like to shoot for 5-5.5% abv, with a medium body.
I brew extract, full volume boils, and bottle.
Here's what I have:
1 lb Weyermann Caramunich II, steeped at 155F for 30 minutes
7 lb Briess Sparkling Amber DME
1oz Kent Goldings @ 60 min)
1 tsp irish moss @ 15min
1 tsp ground cinnamon @ 10min
1 tsp fresh ground ginger @ 10min
0.5 oz bitter orange peel @10min
0.5 tsp ground allspice @ 10min
Wyeast 1272 American Ale II
I have one beer (barely, I just brewed it sunday!) under my belt, so I'm guessing wildly on pretty much everything. My questions are:
Will 7lbs DME get me 5-5.5% abv?
I've never used Caramunich II before - what will this get me exactly?
Spice amounts ok? What about time? Should I add at 10 minute or at flameout?
Hops? I don't want any real powerful aroma hops to this beer, so I just added for bittering. Using Kent Goldings was a dart throw.
Wyeast 1272 any good?
Thanks for your help!
I brew extract, full volume boils, and bottle.
Here's what I have:
1 lb Weyermann Caramunich II, steeped at 155F for 30 minutes
7 lb Briess Sparkling Amber DME
1oz Kent Goldings @ 60 min)
1 tsp irish moss @ 15min
1 tsp ground cinnamon @ 10min
1 tsp fresh ground ginger @ 10min
0.5 oz bitter orange peel @10min
0.5 tsp ground allspice @ 10min
Wyeast 1272 American Ale II
I have one beer (barely, I just brewed it sunday!) under my belt, so I'm guessing wildly on pretty much everything. My questions are:
Will 7lbs DME get me 5-5.5% abv?
I've never used Caramunich II before - what will this get me exactly?
Spice amounts ok? What about time? Should I add at 10 minute or at flameout?
Hops? I don't want any real powerful aroma hops to this beer, so I just added for bittering. Using Kent Goldings was a dart throw.
Wyeast 1272 any good?
Thanks for your help!