christmas spiced ale

[michaellindopp]

Okay it's probably a little weird to start a spiced christmas ale now but I'm living in the south of brazil so for me winter is coming.
I've a list of ingredients and would like people's option on what way to use them. Probably not the prefect ingredients but hey let have fun!;

2.5kg pilsner malt
2 kg maris otter
0.5kg caramünch i
0.5kg carabelge
0.25kg honey
Oats
Saaz hops
Safale 05 Yeast
Cinammin
Fresh Ginger
Nutmeg
Orange
Lime
Maybe brown sugar to carbonate.

This is a 20 litre batch that I'll make. All opinions are welcome and thanks in advance for everybody's help.

 

[BlueHouseBrewhaus]

Grains look good but you may be overdoing the spices. Pick two or three or the flavor may get muddled. I would go with ginger, cinnamon and orange peel. An ounce each of ginger and orange peel for the last 5-10 min of the boil and 2 or 3 cinnamon stocks broken up, soaked in vodka and added to the fermenter after fermentation has finished. You could also add another ounce of orange peel to that vodka mix. I would also go with a "less clean" yeast like S-04 or Notty for a maltier profile.

 

[michaellindopp]

Thanks man. Appreciate the advice on the spices. Do you think the grain bill weights are fine and should i add some oats for body?

 

[BlueHouseBrewhaus]

The weights look fine (once I converted the metric in my head). I'm not familiar with carabelge but I likethe caramunich and that you're using MO with the pilsner. You'll want to do a 2 step mash with the pilsner. I'm also assuming the "honey" is honey malt. You could throw in .25-.5 kg oats if you want.