suggestion for a christmas pudding ale...

[loady]

I really loved youngs christmas pudding ale, in actual fact it is this ale which started my journey to the dark side and for me would be the holy grail..i would like to use an actual christmas pudding in the brewing proces, the youngs ale was a dark ale, very fruity and with notes of caramel but you would get and after flavour just like you had swallowed a mouthfull of christmas pudding..very nice indeed.

Im a bit concerned about the fat content in the puddings getting into the final stages so how would i go about this ?..is there a basic recipe i could use as i am not sure what sort of malts or hops i would need to use.

 

[RobWalker]

there's plenty of stuff if you search, it's been done a few times on here! also check out the mincemeat brew somebody did not long ago :lol:

fat, i hear you can skim a good amount off during fermentation...

 

[Duxuk]

Why not use the fruit typical of a christmas pudding but leave out the fat and starch? You could pulp ferment it like a winemaker then strain the liquid out after a few days, then make the beer with this added. I'd finish with plenty of high AA aroma hops like Citra at flameout and make it nice and sweet.

 

[graysalchemy]

Personally I wouldn't use a christmas pudding becuse of the fat in it.

If it was me I would be trying to replicate a christmas pudding ale by selecting hops and grain a nd a yeast to give the flavours of Christmas pudding. I may add fruit as well If I couldn't get the flavours from the malt etc.

For fruit flavours DINGEMANS SPECIAL B malt available from the malt miller [url+=http://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=232]here[/url] would be what I used.

Hops you want again fruit so brambling cross and perhaps cascade for a bit of citrus fruit ( not to much of those citrus hops as you are making christmas pudding not marmalade). But I would keep the bitterness low like a scottish ale.

Yeast wise I would be tempterd to use WLP0028 Edinburgh Scotch ale yeast, it imarts a wonderful almondy flavour very distinctive and wonderful.

Finally I personally would brew to quite a high abv 7-8% and use some demerara sugar in it as well, to impart some nice flavours.

This would be my starting point.

 

[loady]

Would that be a dry packet yeast ? not got into liquids yet

 

[graysalchemy]

No it is a liquid yeast .