
Spotted Tongue Apple Pie Ale
Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer • All Grain • 2.5 gal
A nice fall treat.
September 23, 2015 pm 12:04pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 2.5 gal)
- 2 lbs
German Light Munich
German Light Munich
For a desired malty, nutty flavor. Lagers, Oktoberfests and bock beer.
- 3 lbs
Midwest Wheat Malt
Midwest Wheat Malt
Light flavor and creamy head. For American weizenbier, weissbier and dunkelweiss.
- 1 lbs
Belgian Biscuit
Belgian Biscuit
Warm baked biscuit flavor and aroma. Increases body. Use in Belgian beers.
- 0.5 lbs
Light Brown Sugar
Light Brown Sugar
Imparts rich, sweet flavor. Use in Scottish ales, old ales and holiday beers.
- 1 tsp
Nutmeg (ground) - adjust amount to taste (omitted from calculations)
Nutmeg (ground)
Nutmeg is pungent and sweet. Nutmeg is the seed of Myristica fragrans, an evergreen tree native to the Molucca Islands. Interestingly, the tree produces both Nutmeg and mace, and grows up to 60 feet tall. Although the tree takes seven years to bear fruit, it may produce until the 90th year. Both spices come from the trees fruit, which splits into a scarlet outer membrane, mace, and an inner brown seed, Nutmeg.
- 1 tsp
Cinnamon (ground) - adjust amount to taste (omitted from calculations)
Cinnamon (ground)
Cinnamon is the dried bark of various laurel trees in the cinnamomun family. One of the more common trees from which Cinnamon is derived is the cassia. Ground cinnamon is perhaps the most common baking spice. Ground cinnamon is ground from long pieces of bark that are rolled, pressed, and dried.
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White Labs WLP002 English Ale
White Labs WLP002 English Ale
A classic ESB strain from one of England's largest independent breweries. This yeast is best suited for English style ales including milds, bitters, porters, and English style stouts. This yeast will leave a beer very clear, and will leave some residual s
Notes
This makes the "crust" part of the apple pie beer. 3 gallons of apple juice is added in the primary fermenter for the "filling" part of the beer. The spices should be added at the end of the boil. If more are needed, they can be added at bottling/kegging time by making a tincture or tea. Pumpkin pie spice could probably be used as well, which would add a little ginger and clove to the mix.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 21 - Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
Subcategory: A - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.064 | 1.026 - 1.120 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.013 | 0.995 - 1.035 | ![]() |
Color: | 15.6 SRM | 1 - 50 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 6.7% ABV | 2.5% - 14.5% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 0.0 IBU | 0 - 100 | ![]() |