Female freind is considering getting herself a brewkit. Before she does though she wants to watch me brw a batch to see if she would be abel to handle hte entire process. I told her for this I'd let her pick the type to be brewed. She wantsa nice dark beer likea guiness but she wants it flavored with ginger and molasses so it will taste kind of like gingerbread.
The recipe im going to shoot for here is:
9lbs 2Row Pale Ale Malt
1lb Chocolate malt
1lb Barley
1lb Oatmeal
2oz Fresh Ginger
~35IBU's worth of Challenger hops @60min
Ferment 7-10 days.
Transfer to secondary and add sliced ginger ~4oz(kinda like you get with sushi)
This much I think should work. The only part I'm not too sure about is hte molasses. I was thinking about using it for priming so that it wouldn't break down quite as much and maintain its flavor more. Or is that not an issue and should I add it during the boil?
Comments/Ideas please.
The recipe im going to shoot for here is:
9lbs 2Row Pale Ale Malt
1lb Chocolate malt
1lb Barley
1lb Oatmeal
2oz Fresh Ginger
~35IBU's worth of Challenger hops @60min
Ferment 7-10 days.
Transfer to secondary and add sliced ginger ~4oz(kinda like you get with sushi)
This much I think should work. The only part I'm not too sure about is hte molasses. I was thinking about using it for priming so that it wouldn't break down quite as much and maintain its flavor more. Or is that not an issue and should I add it during the boil?
Comments/Ideas please.