danbrewtan
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Nice! Brew day is labor day for me as well.
The added dried (well, rehydrated) fruit also caused a fairly vigorous secondary fermentation for the Fruitcake Old Ale. I am going to take a sample this weekend. I expect it to be in the 1.015 range (it had a 1.076 OG) which should put it at ~8% ABV.
There is some cinnamon there, but it is hard to find it.
Hi. I brewed this beer on Sunday. I thought the quantity of spices quoted in the book looked a bit excessive, so I dropped it to 5g cinnamon, 2g powdered ginger, 1g allspice for my 19L batch.
nevertheless, in the hydro sample I've tasted today (grav is 1046 down from 1079, I overshot!), the spices taste pretty overwhelming, especially the ginger. Do they fade out later? maybe with a bit of ageing? I really only want a beer with a hint of spice and I'm worried my Christmas beer is going to taste cloying and unbalanced.
I think your beer will be fine.
As promised. Caramel Quad & RUMCAKE.
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