cottagebrews
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For my next beer I'm trying to work up my own recipe. Up until now everything I've done is from kits or recipes on this site. I was wondering if somebody could take a look at the following and tell me what they think.
I'm trying to make an ale that evokes the flavors of Italian Christmas pastries. I mostly hobbled this together from a number of Christmas ale and porter recipes, with the spices changed out to match what I'm going for. My biggest concerns are 1) making sure I use the correct ratio of extracts and a good blend of specialty grains 2) not overdoing the hops. I'd love to hear some comments! Thanks!
"Dominic the Donkey"
Extracts:
3.3 lbs. Light LME
3.3 lbs. Amber LME
Specialty grains:
8 oz. caramel malt 60 L Steep 20 minutes
4 oz. caramel malt 120 L Steep 20 minutes
4 oz. chocolate malt. Steep 20 minutes
Hops:
1 oz. Chinook 60 minutes
.5 Willamette 25 minutes
.5 oz. EKG 10 minutes
Spices:
.75 oz. dried orange peel 10 minutes
1 tsp. cinnamon 10 minutes
Miscellaneous:
1 lb. honey 10 minutes
Amaretto (to taste~.75 oz.) At bottling
Yeast:
Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey
For my next beer I'm trying to work up my own recipe. Up until now everything I've done is from kits or recipes on this site. I was wondering if somebody could take a look at the following and tell me what they think.
I'm trying to make an ale that evokes the flavors of Italian Christmas pastries. I mostly hobbled this together from a number of Christmas ale and porter recipes, with the spices changed out to match what I'm going for. My biggest concerns are 1) making sure I use the correct ratio of extracts and a good blend of specialty grains 2) not overdoing the hops. I'd love to hear some comments! Thanks!
"Dominic the Donkey"
Extracts:
3.3 lbs. Light LME
3.3 lbs. Amber LME
Specialty grains:
8 oz. caramel malt 60 L Steep 20 minutes
4 oz. caramel malt 120 L Steep 20 minutes
4 oz. chocolate malt. Steep 20 minutes
Hops:
1 oz. Chinook 60 minutes
.5 Willamette 25 minutes
.5 oz. EKG 10 minutes
Spices:
.75 oz. dried orange peel 10 minutes
1 tsp. cinnamon 10 minutes
Miscellaneous:
1 lb. honey 10 minutes
Amaretto (to taste~.75 oz.) At bottling
Yeast:
Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey