Re: Updates re my "Pumpkin Ale" and also the new "Red" hops I tried
by Randal <frandalc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Nov 8, 2007 at 07:18 AM
On Nov 7, 1:13 pm, Bill Velek <billve...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Comments???
>
I messed around with the whole soaking spices in vodka before and
found out:
a) I had a similar experience with spice clumping &
b) I could taste the vodka in very small amounts in the resultant
beer, which was nasty as I am not partial to it.
Soooooooo - what I do, as I recommended here and was callously
ignored ;-) is add a larger amount of the spices with a couple minutes
left in the boil. By kegging time, the spice balance is perfect in my
pumpkin ****ter (fairly subtle). The spices and amounts I used this
year were:
1tbs + 2tsp cinnamon
1tbs + 1tsp fresh ground nutmeg
1tsp ground ginger
1tsp ground mace
1tsp ground allspice
..5 tsp ground cloves
The beer is awesome and my friends have nearly wiped it out. I may do
a second batch.
_Randal
