SWMBO Wants BM Cinnamon Horchada Clone

[OneImpBrewery]

Did they ever reply?

Also regarding Cinnamon stick in the keg, they only release so much flavor. I make cinnamon whisky with whippets in whip cream containers, once they have given up what they have....they are done.

Never got a reply and have not been able to brew much lately. I did a couple of kits that I got on sale but that has been it. Hope to revisit this again soon. I still don't have as much experience as most of the brewers on here so still taking suggestions to get this as close as possible.

 

[youafwog]

Hello all, not sure if anyone is still keeping an eye on this but I am currently fermenting a small batch of this and was hoping to get some input. I am still very new to brewing (this was my first batch that wasn't from a kit) so please bear with me. I more or less followed Imp's suggested recipe from his 4/24/15 post but scaled down for a 1 gallon batch.

2.0 lb 2 row US
0.5 lb flaked rice
Mashed for one hour in 3.25 qt and ended up with about 2 qts after, added 3 qts of tap water before boiling

0.25 oz cascade 60 min
1.0 oz lactose 10 min
1 Whirlfloc tablet 10 min
0.5 tsp ground cinnamon 5 min
1.0 oz lactose 5 min

Cooled down the wort and poured into a little bid mouth bubbler. Since it is a small batch and I have only ever done a primary fermentation, I wasn't planning on doing a second round with this so I threw in the cinnamon sticks in a muslin after soaking them in sanitizer for a couple minutes. Pitched in half a packet of Safale S-04 and sealed everything up. Here's what I have after a little over 12 hours of fermenting:

It looks like fermentation is underway but I'm surprised how much gunk is floating around. I guess there is still some time for everything to settle but it just looks off to me. Anyone have any thoughts on if I've messed up somewhere?

Thanks!

 

[OneImpBrewery]

Hey youafwog!
You've got quite a bit of gunk in there indeed. Congrats on your first non-kit brew! Looks like you pitched an entire packet of yeast in there right? After about a week of fermenting i'm hoping some of that gunk settled down for you. Looks like one epic yeast raft to me. How is the smell(out of airlock) and activity level? Should be close to gravity by now. Hoping for the best.

Cheers!
-Imp

 

[youafwog]

Hey youafwog!
You've got quite a bit of gunk in there indeed. Congrats on your first non-kit brew! Looks like you pitched an entire packet of yeast in there right? After about a week of fermenting i'm hoping some of that gunk settled down for you. Looks like one epic yeast raft to me. How is the smell(out of airlock) and activity level? Should be close to gravity by now. Hoping for the best.

Cheers!
-Imp

Thanks for the input! I actually used just half a packet of yeast. There was quite a bit of activity initially, compared to another kit I am brewing that took a couple days to start up, but it looks like it has slowed down and a lot of the gunk has started to drop down. I couldn’t get too much of a smell from the airlock, good or bad (hoping that means I sealed it up well).

My plan is to keep fermenting until later this week (10-12 days fermentation) and then cold crash for a couple days to see if it helps everything settle down. Thoughts on that?

I’ll give an update once I get through the whole process.

 

[Jsez444]

I’m trying this this weekend too! The BM is my wife’s favorite holiday brew and this will be her first time helping me. I am basically doubling one oh Happy Hopper’s recipes from above except I’m using extract. I will probably go a bit heavier on the cinnamon because I love cinnamon. Will update how it turns out.

 

[youafwog]

Tasted this batch for the first time today.

It came out much lighter in color than the pictures posted earlier in this thread, I am thinking that might be due to it being my first all grain batch and I ended up adding some water after the boil.

The cinnamon flavor came through which I was happy about but it ended up being somewhat sour, not overwhelming but definitely noticeable. Made this one for my dad and he said it “wasn’t the worst beer he has ever had” so I guess there is some room for improvement lol.

Going to try a second shot at this.