Saturday, October 29, 2011

Spiced Winter Ale

I brewed a spiced winter ale at my wife's request Friday evening.  Hopefully it will turn out well.  I thought about making a winter warmer, but not being a fan of them, I thought this lower gravity recipe was a better choice.  The spice additions made the house smell wonderful.  I used my single kettle e-BIAB setup with a 2 gallon "dunk sparge" and it was perhaps my easiest brew day ever.  I hit all my numbers on the dot and could not have been more pleased.  S-04 took off like a rocket by the next morning.


Grains Additions Results
11# 2-row 1.2 oz EKG 5% at 60 7 g pre at 1050
.5# aromatic 1/2 tsp cinn at 1 min 5.9 g post at 1060
.5# c-40 1/4 tsp ginger at 1 min 77.8% efficiency
.5# c-120 1/8 tsp allspice at 1 min 60 m boil 
.25# special roast 1/8 tsp nutmeg at 1 min fg 1014
mash at 154 s-04 at 68
og 1056









Vista, CA Water Profile
Water Adjustments (tsp) Ca=57
.854 Epsom Salt SO4=136
.825 Baking Soda Mg=22
.155 Canning Salt Na=71
1.254 Gypsum Cl=88

Carb=147

Hard=233

Alk=122



















2 comments:

  1. I dare you to eat 1 tablespoon of corn sugar.

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  2. I dare you to have 2 tablespoons when we brew Blind Pig over the holiday!

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