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January Fest
An excellent spiced dark ale, nice cinnamon aroma without one flavor overpowering the others.
| Brewer: | Lothar | Email: | - | |||||
| Beer: | January Fest | Style: | Spiced Ale | |||||
| Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5.0 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 33 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.059 | FG: | 1.012 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 6.1% v/v (4.8% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | Straight Des Moines tap water. | |||||||
| Grain: | 1 lb. 8 oz. British crystal 70-80L 8 oz. British chocolate |
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| Steep: | Put crushed grains in a grain bag and put in 3 gallons of cold water. Bring water towards a boil, take out grains at 170 F. | |||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.066 | 4.5 gallons | |||||
| 3 lb. Light malt extract 3 lb. Amber dry malt extract 8 oz. Brown sugar |
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| Add malts and brown sugar and bring to a boil. Add N Brewer hops and boil 60min. Add 2 sticks of cinnamon, 1/2 oz dried orange peel, and 1 tsp crushed cardamom at 30 min into boil. Add 1 tsp Irish Moss w/ 15 min left. Add Cascade hops w/ 8 min left. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1 oz. Northern Brewer (8.8% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (3.5% AA, 8 min.) |
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| Yeast: | Pitched rehydrated Australian Ale yeast (14g packet). It didn't take off after 2 days, so I pitched 1 pkt Danstar Windsor Ale and 1 pkt Superior Lager yeast (both rehydrated) and it began fermenting within 24 hrs. | |||||||
| Log: | Brewed 1/10/98, bottled 1/21/98. | |||||||
| Carbonation: | 3/4 cup corn sugar | |||||||
| Tasting: | Excellent flavor after 2 weeks in bottle, dark color but light body. I think I would add more cardamom next time, but everything blended well. | |||||||
Recipe posted 08/26/98.