brewing with cayenne

[yennerstour]

Im gonna try my first all grain in the next couple of weeks, and would like to incorporate some maple syrup and cayenne powder, how much is too much spice, and should i add it at the end of the boil or in the primary, any tips would be greatly appreciated. ive brewed several extracts(maybe 6) all have been good, but I made a mash tun out of a 10 gallon cooler and want to learn a bit more about brewing as opposed to just add and stir type brewing. I am basing my brew around a simple amber ale, seems like everyone make a maple wheat or a cayenne porter, id like to meet in the middle with both i guess. Thanks for reading

10lbs 2row
1lbs flaked barley
1lbs chrystal 90L
a few ounces grade b maple syrup
1 oz cascade at 60 min
1 0z at 40 min
1 oz at 15 min
1 0z at 5 min

3 tbspoons of cayenne at 10??
10 oz maple syrup at 1 min??

 

[pattim]

From everything I've read on this forum that folks have tried, you're better of with 0.5 tbsp of cayenne - 3.0 tbsp cayenne is likely to take 6 months to get drinkable, if ever, and will burn for a very long time (all the way into your house/apt's plumbing).