CrookedTail
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- Recipe Type
- Extract
- Yeast
- Nottingham
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 5
- Original Gravity
- 1.055
- Final Gravity
- 1.013
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 60
- IBU
- 21.5
- Color
- 21
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 7
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 14
- Tasting Notes
- Malty and smooth. Spices are evident in aroma and flavor.
Fermentables
6lbs Extra Light LME
.5lb Munich Malt
.5lb Caramel 60L
.5lb Chocolate Wheat Malt
.5lb Flaked Barley
1 cup light brown sugar
Hops
1oz Willamette @ 60 min
1oz Willamette @ 15 min
Spices (all added at flameout)
1 tsp Cinnamon Powder
.5 tsp Ginger Powder
.25 tsp Allspice
.25 tsp Cloves
Yeast
Nottingham
The idea for this came from Randy Mosher's Radical Brewing, where he talks about using the spices above with a soft brown ale to create a gingerbread ale.
The chocolate wheat malt is less assertive than regular chocolate malt. There's little or none of that sharp bitterness. Using half a pound made this pretty dark. It looks almost like a stout. You can reduce it a bit if you want this to be a little lighter.
While it doesn't taste like gingerbread, the spices are evident. It's a nice malty, smooth, spiced drinker. Next year I might try adding a little orange zest as well.
6lbs Extra Light LME
.5lb Munich Malt
.5lb Caramel 60L
.5lb Chocolate Wheat Malt
.5lb Flaked Barley
1 cup light brown sugar
Hops
1oz Willamette @ 60 min
1oz Willamette @ 15 min
Spices (all added at flameout)
1 tsp Cinnamon Powder
.5 tsp Ginger Powder
.25 tsp Allspice
.25 tsp Cloves
Yeast
Nottingham
The idea for this came from Randy Mosher's Radical Brewing, where he talks about using the spices above with a soft brown ale to create a gingerbread ale.
The chocolate wheat malt is less assertive than regular chocolate malt. There's little or none of that sharp bitterness. Using half a pound made this pretty dark. It looks almost like a stout. You can reduce it a bit if you want this to be a little lighter.
While it doesn't taste like gingerbread, the spices are evident. It's a nice malty, smooth, spiced drinker. Next year I might try adding a little orange zest as well.