Ror_y
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- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- unkown
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 4
- Original Gravity
- 65
- Final Gravity
- na
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 120
- IBU
- unknown
- Color
- Dark Golden
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- unkown
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- unkown
- Tasting Notes
- "Dark Golden, Star Bright Beer"
Does any body have any recipies for Christmas ales, I'm really wanting to try my own. Possibly involving cinnamon and maybe cranberries or something, I've messed about with a recipie i found in a book called Home-brewing & Wine making by W.H.T. Tayleur. Who says his orginal recipie (called Bitzerbrew) made up from left over bits of test mashes, was one of the best he's ever done.
Here's the original recipie
1lb Light Malt
1/2lb Lager Malt
1/2lb Roast Malt
1/4lb Crystal Malt
Mashed together for just over two hours 60c to 65.5c (140f-150f)
Meanwhile boil the following together in 2 gallons of water for 1 Hour
2lb Glucose chips
1lb Wheat Syrup
4oz Fuggles
1/2oz dried Rowanberries
Irish Moss
O.G 65 the final gravity was never taken as he apparently expected so little from it, he didn't bother.
Allowed to clear the racked into a 5 gallon pressure vessel primed fined and after 3 weeks it is ready.
I haven't tried this yet, but have adapted it slightly for a Chrsitams version. Basically swapping the Rowanberries for Cranberries and adding a few sticks of cinnamon. But one thing i'm having trouble with I'd like to get sorted before I start this is the lack of yeast in the original recipie. How much should I use? What yeast would be best?
Any help on this or any other suggestions would be helpful as this is only my second non kit brew.
Here's the original recipie
1lb Light Malt
1/2lb Lager Malt
1/2lb Roast Malt
1/4lb Crystal Malt
Mashed together for just over two hours 60c to 65.5c (140f-150f)
Meanwhile boil the following together in 2 gallons of water for 1 Hour
2lb Glucose chips
1lb Wheat Syrup
4oz Fuggles
1/2oz dried Rowanberries
Irish Moss
O.G 65 the final gravity was never taken as he apparently expected so little from it, he didn't bother.
Allowed to clear the racked into a 5 gallon pressure vessel primed fined and after 3 weeks it is ready.
I haven't tried this yet, but have adapted it slightly for a Chrsitams version. Basically swapping the Rowanberries for Cranberries and adding a few sticks of cinnamon. But one thing i'm having trouble with I'd like to get sorted before I start this is the lack of yeast in the original recipie. How much should I use? What yeast would be best?
Any help on this or any other suggestions would be helpful as this is only my second non kit brew.