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5 Gal. of "Holly" Christmas Ale

Brewing up the "Holly" recipe from this site tomorrow. Grains all crushed, water ready in the RIMS, water should be hot by the time I get up, and then time to mash-in.

I used liquid spruce essence, about 1/3 of the bottle or it tastes like pine-sol for for a couple weeks (it does diminish over time). I changed things up and used some Simcoe, Northern brewer, and Cascade for filtering in the Hop Rocket. Here is the recipe, feel free to use it. Steve's Spruce...

Nice giveaway.

Brewed up a Spruce Ale on Sat. Used yeast from my Pumpkin Ale and went off like a bomb. (this time I used a blowoff tube so no mess) ;)

DONE! :mug: 12 hr brew day. 10-11 gallons in the fermentor. Can I say I hate cleanup??? :mad: The pumpkin in the hop sack worked out well except for the gelatin formation in the RIMS tube. Yeesh.

My choice shall be: Bohemian Pilsner - All-Grain Recipe Kit Thanks! Steve

And so it begins... Hopefully the rest of my brew day tomorrow goes smoother. :/

Kind of late on my pumpkin ale this year, but I'm clearing out some grains and hops, and using the last of my Golden Promise. Kind of a 'forgot to pick up some grains lets see what I have' kind of brew. This is a 10G boil. Using Golden Promise / 2 Row mix Carapils Vienna Few Oz of leftover...

This is better: http://www.natural-specialities.com/natural-specialities/en/8443-brewery.html Shows Brewtan B, C, and F.

http://www.natural-specialities.com/natural-specialities/PDF/Data-sheets/Brewtan%20F%20-%20Datasheet%20v1.0.pdf According to the PDF: Brewtan F is typically used at the end of the brewing process to improve colloidal stability and shelf life. Brewtan F is added in-line before...

44,252 + (In no particular order) 5 Gal "Smashed Ale" - SMASH - 2 Row and Cascade 5 Gal Zombie Dust Clone 10 Gal Zombie Dust Clone (with Golden Promise instead of 2 Row) 5 Gal "Steve's Spruce Ale" 5 Gal "Broken Hearted" - 2 Hearted Ale Clone 10 Gal "Golden Pumpkin Ale" 5 Gal "Callyforneeh" -...

Anything from Weyerbacher - All of their beers taste like someone added a ton of vodka to the finished product. Too much alcohol and alcohol taste. NOPE! -- EXCEPT for their Double Simcoe, that one is no longer great. EDIT - Just had Double Simcoe again Friday night and has that same taste...

- Bells 2 Hearted Ale Clone (with yeast harvested from same) - Spruce Ale