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Nutcracker Ale - All Grain

Nutcracker Ale - All Grain

Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer • All Grain • 5 gal

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A medium to full bodied beer with a distinctive roasty malt flavor accented with spices. The malts will produce a chocolate or coffee dryness while the spices will balance the hops without dominating. In essence this beer is a spiced Porter. A great beer for the holidays…

May 26, 2003 am 08:20am

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 9 lbs American 2-row

    American 2-row

    Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt

  • 1 lbs Munich Malt

    Munich Malt

    Sweet, toasted flavor and aroma. For Oktoberfests and malty styles

  • 1 lbs British Crystal 55°L

    British Crystal 55°L

    Sweet caramel flavor, adds mouthfeel and head retention. For pale or amber ales.

  • .5 lbs American Chocolate Malt

    American Chocolate Malt

    Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.

  • .5 lbs Belgian Cara-Pils

    Belgian Cara-Pils

    Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.

  • 1 oz Northern Brewer - 8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 90 min

    Northern Brewer

    Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.

  • 1 oz Fuggle - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min

    Fuggle

    Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.

  • 1 tsp cinnamon boil 60 mins (not included) - (omitted from calculations)

    cinnamon boil 60 mins (not included)

  • .25 tsp nutmeg boil 60 mins (not included) - (omitted from calculations)

    nutmeg boil 60 mins (not included)

  • 1 oz sweet orange peel boil 60 mins (not included) - (omitted from calculations)

    sweet orange peel boil 60 mins (not included)

  • White Labs WLP005 British Ale

    White Labs WLP005 British Ale

    This yeast is a little more attenuative than WLP002. Like most English strains, this yeast produces malty beers. Excellent for all English style ales including bitter, pale ale, porter, and brown ale.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 21 - Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer

Subcategory: A - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.058 1.026 - 1.120
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 0.995 - 1.035
Color: 21.1 SRM 1 - 50
Alcohol: 6.1% ABV 2.5% - 14.5%
Bitterness: 46.3 IBU 0 - 100

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