Last night I brewed up a Winter-Warmer with the hopes that I could have it ready (or close) by xmas.
My recipe was based heavily off of a clone I saw for Sam Smith's Winter Welcome:
- 11.5lb Canadian 2-row (about half of which I toasted for 10 mins to give a light bicuity taste)
- 12 oz of crystal malt (60L - homemade so not exact)
- 9oz of crystal malt (20L - again, homemade)
70 min mash at 154 (dropped a bit to 151)
90 min boil
0.5oz Fuggles (90)
0.5oz Kent Goldings (80)
0.5oz Kent Goldings (15)
0.5oz Kent Goldings (1)
Other ingredients:
Black strap molasses (10oz) - 60min
3 Cinnamon sticks - 30min
0.25tsp ground ginger - 5min
0.25 tsp ground nutmeg - 5min
I'm pretty sure the Sam Smith doesn't call for any of the spices or molasses, but I wanted to do some experimenting. Molasses seems like a controversial ingredient. What are people's thoughts? Did I ruin 5 gals of beer?
My recipe was based heavily off of a clone I saw for Sam Smith's Winter Welcome:
- 11.5lb Canadian 2-row (about half of which I toasted for 10 mins to give a light bicuity taste)
- 12 oz of crystal malt (60L - homemade so not exact)
- 9oz of crystal malt (20L - again, homemade)
70 min mash at 154 (dropped a bit to 151)
90 min boil
0.5oz Fuggles (90)
0.5oz Kent Goldings (80)
0.5oz Kent Goldings (15)
0.5oz Kent Goldings (1)
Other ingredients:
Black strap molasses (10oz) - 60min
3 Cinnamon sticks - 30min
0.25tsp ground ginger - 5min
0.25 tsp ground nutmeg - 5min
I'm pretty sure the Sam Smith doesn't call for any of the spices or molasses, but I wanted to do some experimenting. Molasses seems like a controversial ingredient. What are people's thoughts? Did I ruin 5 gals of beer?