JDFury
Member
I'm hoping to start a holiday ale in the next couple weeks (with the goal of four weeks in primary and six to eight weeks in the bottle). Here's what I've come up with.
6 lbs light LME
2 lbs clover honey
4 oz. Belgian Special B (steep 30 minutes)
4 oz. American Crystal 90L (steep 30 minutes)
4 oz. Belgian Biscuit (steep 30 minutes)
1/2 oz. Magnum (60 minutes)
2 oz. peeled, sliced fresh ginger root (60 minutes)
1 tsp. nutmeg (15 minutes)
zest of one naval orange (15 minutes)
2 oz. peeled, sliced fresh ginger root (5 minutes)
Safale US-05
Beer Calculus predicts an OG of 1.059 and 26.1 IBU
The ginger amounts have me the most concerned, but I've read a lot of different threads about it, and while there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I'm hoping the nearly 2 months of bottle conditioning will help to keep it from being too overpowering...
Thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks.
6 lbs light LME
2 lbs clover honey
4 oz. Belgian Special B (steep 30 minutes)
4 oz. American Crystal 90L (steep 30 minutes)
4 oz. Belgian Biscuit (steep 30 minutes)
1/2 oz. Magnum (60 minutes)
2 oz. peeled, sliced fresh ginger root (60 minutes)
1 tsp. nutmeg (15 minutes)
zest of one naval orange (15 minutes)
2 oz. peeled, sliced fresh ginger root (5 minutes)
Safale US-05
Beer Calculus predicts an OG of 1.059 and 26.1 IBU
The ginger amounts have me the most concerned, but I've read a lot of different threads about it, and while there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I'm hoping the nearly 2 months of bottle conditioning will help to keep it from being too overpowering...
Thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks.
