Christmas Ale?

[HH60gunner]

Well,

I'm looking to do a Christmas ale and had a few questions. First off I'm a cheap... no let me re-phrase frugal, and would like to re-use the yeast from the belgian white that I'm currently brewing. Would this not taste right with all the added herbs? Also what kind of grains would everyone recommended? I would like something that's fairly strong, sweet, and with the taste of the holidays such as cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger... etc etc.... Any recommendations?

 

[WishYouWereBeer]

I'm currently drinking the extract recipe found here...
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f5/st-arnolds-christmas-ale-3475/

It's excellent. It feels like a Holiday ale but has no spices added. I used an english ale yeast and fermented in the low 60's to get a really clean malty character. Not sure how the belgian would differ but sounds like it would work and end up pretty good. Mine turned out a lot maltier and a bit sweeter than the commercial version, but overall it's very balanced and it's going fast.