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Winter Ale Recipe

April 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Description:

This recipe was taken from The Brewmasters Bible with some tweeking of my own

Size:

  • 5 gallons

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 lb. Crystal 60
  • 2 oz. Black Pattent
  • 6.6 lbs. unhopped pale malt extract
  • 1 lb. honey
  • 2 oz. Cascade (40 min)
  • 1/2 oz. Saaz (5 min)
  • 1 oz. fresh ginger root
  • 2-3 cinnamon sticks
  • 1 oz. dried sweet lemon peel
  • Wyeast 1056 American Ale yeast
  • 3/4 cup priming sugar

Brewing Instructions:

Steep black pattent and crystal in 155f water for 30-45 min. While this is happening bring 3 gallons of water to a boil. After the graing are done steeping rinse with 1 gallon of 170f water into the boil pot. When the water comes to a boil remove from heat and add the extract. Bring back to a boil and add the Cascades. Boil this for 35 min. and then add the saaz and the orangr peel. Boil for 5 more min. and then cool. Add this to your fermentor with enough water to make 5 1/2 gallons. At this time add cinnamon sticks, ginger,and yeast. Ferrment as normal and use a secondary if you desire.

Fermentation:

  • One week in primary@65F.
  • One week in secondary@65F
  • O.G.-1.045
  • F.G.-1.012
  • Alcohol-4.5%
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