First and foremost I am excited to be a part of this community, I started brewing beer about a little less than a year ago and decided to take a shot at a winter warmer/ Christmas ale. I finally got it fermenting on Monday, it would have started earlier but I heat shocked my carboy and lost my entire wort. Apple pie was my inspiration for this beer my recipe was as follows
2.4# Dark DME
6# Light LME
1# Light Munich
0.5# Carahell (19L)
0.5# Caramunich
1oz Black Patent
1.5# Dried Apples
~4" of cinnamon
1.5 vanilla beans
1 oz Norther Brewer Hops
1 oz Cascade hops
1 oz Simcoe hops
Wyeast 1084 (Irish Ale) - 2 smack packs
I steeped my specialty grains for 45 minutes @ 152 degrees, with 20 minutes left I added in 1/2 of a vanilla bean split down the middle. At the end of my steep I took about a quart of the wort and poured it over the dried apples and let them steep throughout my boil. I added all of my DME to the wort and half of the light malt extract and brought to a boil. 30 minutes added the rest of the light malt and started to add my hops. To hop this beer I broke my NB hops into 30 Dixie cups and added one cup per minute. (Taking a page from dogfish head with continual hopping, this is also my first time trying this) For the last 15 minutes of the boil I added half of a cinnamon stick and added 1/2 oz of the cascade hops(broken up into the last 15 cups with the NB hops). 2 minutes left in boil I finished with the remaining cascade hops. I then cooled my wort and successfully added it to a new glass carboy. Since I had broken my carboy the night before my Wyeast 1084 had been active for almost 24 hours in the smack pack. My starting OG was 1.080 and I pitched at 74 degrees.
The fermentation started really quickly and it is bubbling away as we speak. As I said before this is my first time trying this. I am also going to dry hop this beer with 1 oz of Simcoe and the rest of the vanilla and cinnamon in a day or so.
I can't wait to get this beer in the bottle and give it a shot! Let me know what you think. Next time to make it a little "bigger" I think I will add in about 10 oz of brown sugar. Also if I can get my hands on Wyeast 1728 I would like I try that
I would like to hear what people think about my recipe and any suggestions you might have for next time
2.4# Dark DME
6# Light LME
1# Light Munich
0.5# Carahell (19L)
0.5# Caramunich
1oz Black Patent
1.5# Dried Apples
~4" of cinnamon
1.5 vanilla beans
1 oz Norther Brewer Hops
1 oz Cascade hops
1 oz Simcoe hops
Wyeast 1084 (Irish Ale) - 2 smack packs
I steeped my specialty grains for 45 minutes @ 152 degrees, with 20 minutes left I added in 1/2 of a vanilla bean split down the middle. At the end of my steep I took about a quart of the wort and poured it over the dried apples and let them steep throughout my boil. I added all of my DME to the wort and half of the light malt extract and brought to a boil. 30 minutes added the rest of the light malt and started to add my hops. To hop this beer I broke my NB hops into 30 Dixie cups and added one cup per minute. (Taking a page from dogfish head with continual hopping, this is also my first time trying this) For the last 15 minutes of the boil I added half of a cinnamon stick and added 1/2 oz of the cascade hops(broken up into the last 15 cups with the NB hops). 2 minutes left in boil I finished with the remaining cascade hops. I then cooled my wort and successfully added it to a new glass carboy. Since I had broken my carboy the night before my Wyeast 1084 had been active for almost 24 hours in the smack pack. My starting OG was 1.080 and I pitched at 74 degrees.
The fermentation started really quickly and it is bubbling away as we speak. As I said before this is my first time trying this. I am also going to dry hop this beer with 1 oz of Simcoe and the rest of the vanilla and cinnamon in a day or so.
I can't wait to get this beer in the bottle and give it a shot! Let me know what you think. Next time to make it a little "bigger" I think I will add in about 10 oz of brown sugar. Also if I can get my hands on Wyeast 1728 I would like I try that
I would like to hear what people think about my recipe and any suggestions you might have for next time