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BrewBlog: NB Winter Warmer

Specifics

Style:

Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
Number:	21B

A stronger, darker, spiced beer that often has a rich body and warming finish suggesting a good accompaniment for the cold winter season.

Commercial Examples: Anchor Our Special Ale, Harpoon Winter Warmer, Weyerbacher Winter Ale, Nils Oscar Julöl, Goose Island Christmas Ale, North Coast Wintertime Ale, Great Lakes Christmas Ale, Lakefront Holiday Spice Lager Beer, Samuel Adams Winter Lager, Troegs The Mad Elf, Jamtlands Julöl.

OG	FG	ABV	Bitterness	Color (SRM/EBC)
Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies

Click for more information about Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer from the BJCP website.

Brewer:

Dustin Zastera

Brew Date:

November 11, 2006

Yield:

5 gallons

Batch No:	26
OG:	1.066
Status:	Primary

General Information

Method:	Extract

Method:

Extract

Scale Recipe

Enter desired final yield (volume):

gallons

Extract

9.90 pounds	LME - Light	90.8% of grist
9.90 pounds	Total Extract Weight	90.8% of grist

Malts and Grains

0.75 pounds

British Crystal Malt

Color (L):	55-60 °L
Info/Use:	Sweet caramel flavor, adds mouthfeel and head retention. For pale or amber ales.

6.9% of grist

0.25 pounds

British Chocolate Malt

Color (L):	395-475 °L
Info/Use:	Nutty, toasted flavor, brown color. Use as a specialty grain in brown ales, porters, stouts and bocks.

2.3% of grist

1.00 pounds

Total Grain Weight

9.2% of grist

Non-Fermentables

1	Yeast Nutrient @ 10 minutes
1	Whirlfloc @ 10 minutes

Hops

1.00 ounces

Northern Brewer

Region:	United Kingdom, United States, Germany
AAU Range:	7 - 10%
Notes:	Fine, fragrant aroma, dry, clean bittering hop.
Typical Use:	Bittering, aroma, finishing.
Substitution:	Hallertauer Mittelfrueh, Hallertauer Hersbrucker
Example:	ESB, Bitter, Pale Ale, Porter, California Common; Old Peculier, Anchor Liberty, Anchor Steam

9.6% Pellets @ 60 minutes
Type: Bittering
Use: Boil

9.6 AAUs

1.00 ounces

Fuggle

Region:	United Kingdom, United States
AAU Range:	3 - 5%
Notes:	Mild, soft, grassy, floral aroma.
Typical Use:	Aroma, finishing, dry hopping.
Substitution:	East Kent Goldings, Willamette
Example:	English-style Ale, American Ale, ESB, Lager; Samuel Smith's Pale Ale, Old Peculier, Thomas Hardy's Ale; English ales

4.2% Pellets @ 30 minutes
Type: Flavor
Use: Boil

4.2 AAUs

1.00 ounces

Kent Golding

Region:	United Kingdom
AAU Range:	4 - 7%
Notes:	Spicy, floral, earthy, rounded, very mild aroma; spicy flavor.
Typical Use:	Bittering, aroma, finishing, dry hopping for
Substitution:	Goldings, Target
Example:	Samuel Smith's Pale Ale, Fuller's ESB; British ales

5.5% Pellets @ 1 minutes
Type: Aroma
Use: Boil

5.5 AAUs

3.00 ounces

Total Hop Weight

19.3 AAUs

Boil

Total Boil Time:	60 minutes

Total Boil Time:

60 minutes

Yeast

Name:	Scottish Ale
Manufacturer:	Wyeast
Product ID:	1728
Type:	Ale
Flocculation:	High
Attenuation:	71%
Temperature Range:	55–75°F
Amount:	3000 ml

Special Procedures

Pitched onto cake from batch 24

Pitched onto cake from batch 24

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