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Grunter de Noel

Grunter de Noel

Seasonal/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer • All Grain • 5 gal

The Snorting Grunter

How the Grunter stole Christmas... and my license plate! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/12/09 - It took me a flat tire, a flat spare, and having my license plate stolen to get the ingredients home from the brew store today. It better be worth it.

November 13, 2009 am 12:20am

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 9.0 lbs German 2-row Pils

    German 2-row Pils

  • .5 lbs Aromatic Malt; Briess

    Aromatic Malt; Briess

    Golden rich color and a smooth malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Munich-style malt that will contribute an intensely malty flavor and aroma. • Use in any beer style for additional maltiness. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • .5 lbs Carafa® TYPE III; Weyermann®

    Carafa® TYPE III; Weyermann®

    Raw Material Source: German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Carefully roasted to add coffee-brown color, espresso-like bouquet, dark-beer aroma, and body to finished beer. Produces opaque beer with mild, but noticeable roasted aftertaste. Recommended Quantities: Up to 5% of total grain bill Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Dunkel, Doppelbock Ales: Dark, Stout, Altbier

  • .5 lbs Special B - Caramel malt; Dingemans

    Special B - Caramel malt; Dingemans

    The darkest of the Belgian crystal malts, Dingemans Special B will impart a heavy caramel taste and is often credited with the raisin-like flavors of some Belgian Abbey ales. Larger percentages (greater than 5%) will contribute a dark brown-black color and fuller body.

  • 1 lbs Belgian Caramunich

    Belgian Caramunich

    Caramel, full flavor, copper color. For Belgian ales, German smoked and bocks.

  • 2.5 lbs Candi Sugar Amber

    Candi Sugar Amber

    Smooth taste, good head retention, sweet aroma and high gravity without being apparent. Use in Belgian and holiday ales. Use clear for tripels, amber for dubbels, and dark is used in brown beer and strong golden ales.

  • 1 lbs Wheat Flaked

    Wheat Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • 0.5 oz Chinook - 11.7 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Chinook

    Spicy, Medium to Heavy.Very strong bittering ability used in all American ales and lagers. Aroma is very floral.

  • 1 oz Fuggle - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 15 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 oz Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Hallertau

    Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.

  • 1 g Cloves, whole - (omitted from calculations)

    Cloves, whole

  • 2 g Cinnamon, stick - (omitted from calculations)

    Cinnamon, stick

  • Wyeast 1762 Belgian Abbey II™

    Wyeast 1762 Belgian Abbey II™

    High gravity yeast with distinct warming character from ethanol production. Slightly fruity with dry finish.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 21 - Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer

Subcategory: B - Seasonal/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.085 1.026 - 1.120
Terminal Gravity: 1.017 0.995 - 1.035
Color: 30.4 SRM 1 - 50
Alcohol: 9.1% ABV 2.5% - 14.5%
Bitterness: 32.6 IBU 0 - 100

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