Christmoose Ale

[davedoran]

Hey,

Looking at doing a version of the Christmoose Ale in the DB. Tried adding this comment under it but came up with error.
Looking at doing the recipe below. As always any feedback is appreciated.

Also have roasted barley which I could add 100g but not sure if it fits?

20min hops will be cube hopped.


Targets on 70% Eff
Ferment Vol: 23L
ABV: 4.65%
OG: 1.050
FG: 1.015
IBU: 24.98
EBC: 21.9



3.5kg

Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM)

Grain

4

1kg

Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM)

Grain

5

0.4kg

Wheat Malt, Bel (2.0 SRM)

Grain

6

0.35kg

Caraaroma (130.0 SRM)

Grain

7

300.00 g

Honey (Boil 60 min)

Misc

8

2.50 tsp

Nutmeg (Boil 60 min)

Misc

9

1.00 tsp

Cloves (Boil 60 min)

Misc

10

1.00 tsp

Mixed Spice (Boil 60 min)

Misc

11

6.00

Cardamon Pods (Boil 60 min)

Misc

12

20g

Hallertauer [4.8%] - Boil 45 min

Hops

13

10g

Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4.0%] - Boil 45 min

Hops

14

20g

Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4.0%] - Boil 20 min

Hops

15

20g

Hallertauer [4.8%] - Boil 20 min

Hops

16

3

Orange Peel, Bitter (Boil 5 min)

Misc

17

2

Cinnamon Stick (Boil 5 min)

Misc

18

1.50 tsp

Cloves (Boil 0 min)

Misc

19

1 pkgs

SafBrew Specialty Ale (DCL/Fermentis #T-58)

Yeast

20

 

[mr_wibble]

We made a double batch of Christmoose this xmas past.

It was pretty OK, but IMHO a bit heavy on the clove.
I would reduce the clove amount, unless you *really* like clove (halve it?)

We also found the orange almost non-existent. Maybe more zest would help?

The other spices were good. Final beer was good.

At the time I tried to add some comments against the recipe, but alas, I could not. Gave up.

cheers,
-kt

 

[bconnery]

Always a good feeling to discover people are making one of your beers
I haven't made an AG version yet but there's a version in that comments thread.
I'd definitely reduce the clove a bit, it took ages for the clove, and later the cinnamon, to fade so that everything was blended.

Dave, I'd definitely skip the roast barley. ( You can see your post in the thread by the way)
The idea of this beer was to make a spiced christmas beer, but on a pale ale type base, more suited to an Aussie summer.

 

[davedoran]

Thanks,

Will pull back on the cloves.

 

[mr_wibble]

I found an unlabelled bottle of pale-something in my ghosts-of-brews-past stash last weekend.

The aroma was awesome, beguiling ... "WTF is that?" I thought.

It turned out to be one of these. After 9(?) months, it was very smooth. The spice flavours had blended really well.
The clove hadn't diminished at all, but it had mellowed into the beer a bit, and was OK-to-good.

AFAIR last year we made them 2-3 months before xmas. We tried them about 8 weeks later - it was OK.
I thought to myself that it was quite a reasonable beer, but I would probably try something different next time.

But after that one the other night, I'm thinking I should make this sooner rather than later to have it this awesome condition for xmas.

So many brews to make, so little time.

 

[mr_wibble]

Did you end up making this beer Dave ?
How did it turn out ?

 

[Proffs]

I did a version of this recently http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/80019-another-first-go-at-a-christmas-beer/

It's still in the fermenter now @ 1.019. Tastes pretty undrinkable right now. The clove and cinnamon are way overpowering at this point but I imagine that will pass. I plan on aging this until xmas. If I do it again I'd add the honey a few days into the ferment rather than the end of the boil.

 

[davedoran]

Havent actually done it yet but debating doing it this Friday. Should really. Do it then leave till Christmas.