Winter Seasonal Beer Recipe - Gingerbread Winter Ale

Recipe Info

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Gingerbread Winter Ale

by on
All Grain
19 Liter(s)
25 Liter(s)
90 min
75%
Inspired by tasting Fourpure's Into the Woods festive gingerbread ale. This is not a replica recipe but an attempt at my own style of gingerbread ale using my own homegrown hops - cascade for citrus and grapefruit, styrian goldings for some pepper. If you can't get biscuit malt you can drop it altogether. The Crystal 90 is 'Dark Crystal Malt' (240 EBC). If you don't want the pepper, drop the Styrian altogether and just use Cascade. Fourpure use Amarillo for their recipe. Malt bill adapted from here: https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/1868/what-malt-should-i-use-to-get-a-red-beer

Fermentables

61% - Maris Otter Pale - UK
3.175
38
3
Mash
26% - Munich - UK
1.35
37
10
Mash
5% - Biscuit Malt - BE
0.25
36
21
Mash
4% - CaraRed - DE
0.2
35
17
Mash
3% - Crystal 90L - UK
0.15
33
91
Mash
2% - Roasted Barley - UK
0.1
29
488
Mash

Hops

Cascade
30
Leaf
Boil
60 min(s)
5.8
18.6
Cascade
20
Leaf
Boil
15 min(s)
5.8
6.2
Styrian Goldings
20
Leaf
Boil
15 min(s)
5.3
5.6
Cascade
20
Leaf
Boil
5 min(s)
5.8
2.5
Styrian Goldings
20
Leaf
Boil
5 min(s)
5.3
2.3

Yeast

White Labs English Ale WLP002
72%

Other Stuff

Ginger
0.1
kg
Boil
Cinnamon
2.5
each
Boil
Clove
5
each
Boil
Nutmeg
0.0005
kg
Boil
Coriander
0.05
kg
Boil

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Hold the mash at 67°C until conversion is complete, which should be less than 60 minutes.
2.
Raise the temperature to mash out at 76°C.
3.
Sparge slowly with 77°C water.
4.
Finish boil with ginger, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, crushed coriander seeds @5 mins.
5.
Ferment at 20°C, raising the temperature to 21°C during the last 1/3 of fermentation.

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Recipe Facts

Gingerbread Winter Ale
Winter Seasonal Beer
  • 19.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 25.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 90  min Boil Time
  • 1.064 OG
  • 1.018 FG
  • 35.1 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.55 BG:GU
  • 19.4° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 5.9% ABV Alcohol
  • 218 per 12oz Calories
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