Grunter de Noel
Seasonal/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer • All Grain • 5 gal
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
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 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 |
