Winter Seasonal Beer Holly (Christmas Ale)

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I missed brewing this .... Got crunched on time. Hopefully, next year.

 

[TimAikin1]

Made this beer last week but changed it up a bit. Did dry powdered spices 5min before the end of the boil- 1tbsp orange peel, 1 tbsp ginger, 2 tsp cinnamon. So far it tastes really good. Will add the vanilla when I transfer to the keg next week. Plan to leave it to age until december, if I can wait that long. Thanks for the recipe!

 

[Fly_Guy]

I entered a couple bottles from last years batch into competition and they won their category. Scored a 45.5! My recipe/process is pretty close to the original other then I push the abv up to 10% and I am slightly more heavy handed with the spices.

How long do you let it sit in primary? I brewed this up this past Wednesday and got just shy of 3 gallons that came out to 1.094 and should be a tad over 10% when it finishes. Apparently I finally managed to improve my efficiency. Glad I grabbed 2 packs of US-05.

 

[Beer-Baron]

Any input on using Vanilla Extract in this recipe? I can't find whole Vanilla beans.

 

[BrewCityBaller]

Any input on using Vanilla Extract in this recipe? I can't find whole Vanilla beans.

You can do it, but you need very little. Probably less than a tsp

 

[Summa_Brewologica]

Brewed this a little late but just tapped it. I went as close to the original recipe as possible except I couldn’t afford vanilla bean so I used vanilla paste. Turned out great.

Gonna do it again next year but I might go with safale 04 or one of the Abby/monestary yeasts.

I put in maybe 3/4 of the “tea” but I honestly feel like I could have done the whole thing.

I didn’t have a French press so I used a hario 02 pour over and filter…. I won’t be doing that again. Buying a French press tomorrow.

Dont know where OP is nowadays but he’s a legend.