1st attempt at a recipe (Christmas beer!)

[james1988]

Hello all,

I've done a small number of AG brews so far and I'd really like to start to produce my own beers and not rely on others for recipes. I've just knocked the following recipe up for a Christmassy beer. Ideally I'd like something with Christmas spice (not to over powering), malty and a bit of a hoppy kick to it.

For 23L I've come up with the following:
4.8kg of Pale malt - Main body of the beer
270g Carared - Malt and colour
270g Torrified Wheat for head retention

50g Cascade hops - Spiciness. I've really no idea how what quantity of hops to use.

Cinnamon sticks in the boil and steeped in the FV

Safale T58 Yeast for spiciness
Irish moss
Maybe Orange peel

Any advice would be hugely appreciated!

James

 

[PD]

Hi I've just had a glass of a commercial ale Thwaites " Old Dan " very strong 7.4% but the taste was really christmassy, a full fruit cake.
This beer had Fuggles and WGV's listed as the Hop additions, thought you might be interested..

 

[james1988]

I was thinking about Fuggles but I didn't know how they would work with Cascade and using only one type of hop would allow me to spot the differences between them. It has certainly been noted though. :)

James

 

[james1988]

I've ordered the ingredients as curiosity has got the better of me. I hope it turns out alright!

James

PS I've upped the Carared to 540g as it's not an ingredient I've come across in beer before so I'm interested in it's effect.