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Christmas Beer - A Homebrew Recipe

published by beerguy on Mon, 2011-10-03 13:08
Christmas beer - a homebrew beer recipe for the holidays

Recipe By Jon Griffin

A spicy, fruity moderate strength English Style Christmas Ale. This is based on an English bitter base and is a fairly easy homebrew recipe, although it does take a little bit of experience.

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.

BJCP Category: Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer

Fermentation Temp: 68 - 72° F

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Details
Style: Holiday Ales
Yield: 
5 gallons/23 Liters
Type Extract with steeping grains
Skill Intermediate
IBU's: 
50 IBU's
OG: 1.065
FG: 1.018
ABV: 6.10% abv

Ingredients

Fermentables:

  • 6.6 lbs Light Malt Syrup
  • 1 lb Crystal/Caramel 80
  • 4 oz Roasted Barley
  • 2 lbs Honey (boil 60 minutes)

Hops:

  • 2 oz Cascade (boil 60 minutes)
  • 1 oz Cascade (boil 20 minutes)
  • 1 oz Willamette (boil 0 minutes, when you turn off the flame )

Yeast:

  • White Labs London Ale Yeast or equivalent

Additives:

  • .25 oz Coriander seed (boil 20 minutes)
  • 1 Cinnamon stick (boil 10 minutes)
  • 1oz Sweet Orange Peel (boil 10 minutes)
  • .25 oz Coriander seed (boil 5 minutes)
  • 2 lbs Crushed tart apples (in the primary fermenter)
  • 3 lbs Crushed Peaches (in the secondary, this keeps the aroma)

Instructions

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.

 

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