white christmas wheat beer, input needed

[Kharnynb]

As my christmas porter is in the cellar aging, i've been thinking of using some leftover honey and making a "near-braggot" wheat beer, spicing it to get some wintery feel.

base recipe would be something like:
5 gallons
5 lb wheat malt
4 lb pale malt
3 lb honey

1 oz hallertau at 60 mins.
.5 oz hallertau at 15 mins.
.5 oz hallertau at 5 mins


going to ferment it relatively clean with danstar munich.

now for spicing, what would be nice, any ideas?
citrus flavours of course would do well, maybe some actual spice?

 

[RPh_Guy]

Ferment with voss kveik at 95-100°F and add a pinch of nutmeg to taste

 

[Kharnynb]

won't be able to get voss here, but nutmeg might be nice.

 

[Kharnynb]

so, brewing this weekend, will this be over the top?

base recipe:
5 gallons
5 lb wheat malt
4 lb pale malt
3 lb honey

1 oz hallertau at 60 mins.
.5 oz hallertau at 15 mins.
.5 oz hallertau at 5 mins

.1/4 tbs nutmeg, 1/2 tbs aniseed, 1/4 tbs cardemom at 5 minute boil

fermenting with danstar munich.

 

[RPh_Guy]

so, brewing this weekend, will this be over the top?

base recipe:
5 gallons
5 lb wheat malt
4 lb pale malt
3 lb honey

1 oz hallertau at 60 mins.
.5 oz hallertau at 15 mins.
.5 oz hallertau at 5 mins

.1/4 tbs nutmeg, 1/2 tbs aniseed, 1/4 tbs cardemom at 5 minute boil

fermenting with danstar munich.

That is plenty of honey (~22 gravity points), more than I would use.

Per 5 gallon:
For ground nutmeg, around 1.5-1.8 grams is nice.
For freshly ground nutmeg, less is needed, probably 0.8-1.0 grams. This stuff is potent but does mellow with a little age.
I add at 30 minutes in the boil.

I don't know about the other spices. Sounds good though! Cheers.

 

[Kharnynb]

thanks, got a bucket of local honey, thinking i'd use it, maybe only use half..

 

[Kharnynb]

Went with the full batch of honey, beer is bottled and carbing up.

5 gallons
5 lb wheat malt
2 lb vienna
2 lb Pale ale
3 lb honey

1 oz hallertau at 60 mins.
.5 oz hallertau at 15 mins.
.5 oz hallertau at 5 mins

1 tsp nutmeg, 2 star anise

fermenting with danstar munich classic.

OG. 1.079
FG 1.010
ABV 9%

 

[Kharnynb]

and the waiting for conditioning/bottle aging starts.....