Christmas ale

Christmas ales are a tradition in many parts of Europe and this Christmas ale is based on an English bitter. It is a fairly easy homebrew recipe, although it does take a little bit of experience. It is a spicy, fruity moderate strength English Style Christmas Ale.

Beer Recipe By Jon Griffin

I would advise not increasing the spice amounts. People that have tried that have found the flavor to be to overbearing. You can also change the fruit additions. I have used mango and peach in the secondary with no apple, and it is also wonderful.

Instructions:

Freeze the fruit first or use the winemakers trick of spraying with sulfite to kill wild yeast and bacteria.

See Full Instructions for more details.

I use Servomyces in all my beers along with yeast nutrient.

Recipe Details

Batch Size	Boil Time	IBU	SRM	Est. OG	Est. FG	ABV
5 gal	90 min	56.9 IBUs	17.5 SRM	1.060 SG	1.010 SG	6.5 %

Style Details

Name	Cat.	OG Range	FG Range	IBU	SRM	Carb	ABV
Specialty, Experimental, Historical Beer	24	1.03 - 1.11	1.006 - 1.024	5 - 70	5 - 50	2 - 2.8	2.5 - 12 %

Fermentables

Name	Amount	%
Pale Malt (2 Row) UK	8 lbs	71.11
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L	1 lbs	8.89
Roasted Barley	4 oz	2.22
Honey	2 lbs	17.78

Hops

Name	Amount	Time	Use	Form	Alpha %
Cascade	2 oz	90 min	Boil	Pellet	5.4
Cascade	0.5 oz	20 min	Boil	Pellet	5.4
Williamette	0.5 oz	2 min	Boil	Pellet	5.5

Miscs

Name	Amount	Time	Use	Type
Coriander Seed	0.25 oz	20 min	Boil	Spice
Orange Zest	1.00 oz	10 min	Boil	Spice
Cinnamon Stick	0.10 oz	10 min	Boil	Spice
Coriander Seed	0.25 oz	5 min	Boil	Spice
Crushed Tart Apples	2.00 lb	5 min	Primary	Flavor
Crushed Cranberry	4.00 lb	4 days	Primary	Flavor

Yeast

Name	Lab	Attenuation	Temperature
London Ale (WLP013)	White Labs	71%	66°F - 71°F

Mash

Step	Temperature	Time
Mash In	154°F	60 min

Recipe Type

All Grain

Experience Level

Intermediate

Submitted by tresero on Sat, 11/23/2013 - 20:23