Hi all,
I got a Ginger Bread Brown Ale kit from AHS for Christmas, and brewed it up over the weekend. It has a packet of ground spices, which I'm not entire sure of how to best add it. I read up on adding spices and most use whole spices and I've seen recommendations of making a tincture with them, then adding during secondary or bottling. So my questions are this:
When making the tincture, how much vodka should I use (mix until I make a paste, loose paste, or mix with ~1/2 cup)?
Should I dump the entire tincture into my fermenter during secondary fermentation or while bottling?
Do I use the entire mixed tincture or just the liquid?
I got a Ginger Bread Brown Ale kit from AHS for Christmas, and brewed it up over the weekend. It has a packet of ground spices, which I'm not entire sure of how to best add it. I read up on adding spices and most use whole spices and I've seen recommendations of making a tincture with them, then adding during secondary or bottling. So my questions are this:
When making the tincture, how much vodka should I use (mix until I make a paste, loose paste, or mix with ~1/2 cup)?
Should I dump the entire tincture into my fermenter during secondary fermentation or while bottling?
Do I use the entire mixed tincture or just the liquid?