Winter Welcome
Specialty Beer • All Grain • 5.25 gal
Brew Bros Sprucy!
January 3, 2007 am 12:35am
Ingredients (All Grain, 5.25 gal)
- 3 lbs
Maris Otter Pale
Maris Otter Pale
An English thoroughbred and a favored choice of malt for many brewers. Simpsons' Maris Otter has a rich and nutty flavor and despite its small, berry size has a strong husk. This malt delivers predictable brewhouse performance with modest, yet consistent extracts. Brewers can expect good runoffs with clear wort.
- 4 lbs
Golden Promise Pale
Golden Promise Pale
An especially sweet and clean variety of barley which results in full and malty sweet beer. It has superb hush integrity and delivers fast and consistent mash tun drainage. This malt variety is perfect for brewing up a clear, bright pint.
- .5 lbs
English Amber Malt
English Amber Malt
Roasted malt used in British milds, old ales, brown ales, nut brown ales.
- 1 lbs
American Victory
American Victory
Provides a deep golden to brown color. Use in nut brown ales, IPAs and Scottish ales.
- .75 lbs
Belgian Cara-Pils
Belgian Cara-Pils
Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.
- .20 lbs
Belgian Special B
Belgian Special B
- 2 lbs
English 2-row Vienna
English 2-row Vienna
- .75 lbs
Light Brown Sugar
Light Brown Sugar
Imparts rich, sweet flavor. Use in Scottish ales, old ales and holiday beers.
- 1 lbs
White Table Sugar (Sucrose)
White Table Sugar (Sucrose)
Common household table/baking sugar. Lightens flavor and body of beer. Can contribute a cider-like flavor to the beer if not cold-fermented or used in large quantities.
- .5 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- 1 oz
Styrian Goldings - 7.2 AA% pellets; boiled 70 min
Styrian Goldings
Mild, pleasant.
- 1.25 oz
spruce tips (quarts) - (omitted from calculations)
spruce tips (quarts)
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Wyeast 1335 British Ale II™
Wyeast 1335 British Ale II™
Typical of British and Canadian ale fermentation profile with good flocculating and malty flavor characteristics, crisp finish, clean, fairly dry.
Notes
Mash at ~152 1.25-1.5 quarts of spruce needles in boil for 60 min 90 min boil total to get some carmel action going.... Add spruce essence in secondary/keg as needed...
Style (BJCP)
Category: 23 - Specialty Beer
Subcategory: A - Specialty Beer
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.071 | 1.026 - 1.120 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.014 | 0.995 - 1.035 | |
| Color: | 16.2 SRM | 1 - 50 | |
| Alcohol: | 7.5% ABV | 2.5% - 14.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 26.7 IBU | 0 - 100 |
