GingerBread 1 Gallon Brew

I say gingerbread beer, having recently tried ginger beer and having bought the ginger to do it. I thought why not add some malt and molasses?

Brew in a bag, 1 gallon batch.

Malt:
6.3 oz - 2 Row
2.5 oz - Rye Malt
4.0 oz - CaraMunich III
2.0 oz - Munich I
1.2 oz - Midnight Wheat
1.0 oz - Pale Ale Malt

Mash: 152-154 F for 1hr

Boil:
6.5 oz - Light DME
8.0 oz - Mollasses
1 Cinnamon Stick @ 60 min
0.5 oz - Styran Goldings

FlameOut - Coast for 20 min
3.6 oz - Ginger grated fine
1 tsp Nutmeg (fresh grated)
6 cloves
1 Cinnamon stick


OG = 1.053

Oatmeal Stout 1Gal Test

Testing what it is about stouts I do and don't like. In this recipe I went for roasted, but avoided astrigency (i.e. no burnt husks).
I prefer stouts with a substancial mouth feel (I think), so used oatmeal as well.

OattyStout 1G - Russian Imperial Stout
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Batch Size: 1.023 gal
Boil Size: 1.223 gal
Boil Time: 60.000 min
Efficiency: 70%
OG: 1.074
FG: 1.018
ABV: 7.2%
Bitterness: 33.2 IBUs (Tinseth)
Color: 60 SRM (Morey)

Fermentables
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Name	Amount	Yield	Color
Oats, Flaked	3.500 oz	80%	1 L
Rahr - 2 Row Malt	1.000 lb	80%	2 L
Crystal Malt - 80L	1.000 oz	74%	80 L
Carafa III	4.000 oz	70%	525 L
Caramel Munich Malt 60L	2.000 oz	77%	60 L
DME - Light	4.000 oz	95%	2 L
Simpsons - Maris Otter	1.000 lb	81%	3 L
Briess - Midnight Wheat Malt	2.000 oz	55% 550 L

Total grain: 3.031 lb
Hops
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Name Alpha   Amount  Use       Time   Form  IBU
Styrian Goldings  4.5% 0.500 oz Boil 60.000 min Pellet 33.2

Yeast
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Name Type Form    Amount   Stage
Safale S-05  Ale  Dry 2.232 tsp Primary

Mash
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Name     Type   Amount      Temp    Target       Time
Infusion 2 gal 163.413 F 150.000 F    0.000 s

Boil
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90 min

Gingerbread Ale

1 lb dry amber malt
1 lb dry dark malt
8 oz fancy molasses
Windsor yeast
Cinnamon and ginger

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/entries/gingerbread-ale.html

Oatmeal Stouts - Great Introduction

http://byo.com/stories/item/1189-oatmeal-stout-style

Pumpkin Graddin

I wanted to make a Pumpkin beer with two small pie pumpkins I bought from the farmers market (1$ each!!). This one is for Eric's thesis defense, who inspired the idea.

Grain Bill:
4 lbs Maris Otter
5 lbs 2 Row
4 oz CaraMunich 60L

2 lbs + 6 oz Roasted Pumpkin (1.5 hr in oven at 250F)

Mash:
147F initial for 20 min
2.5 Liter Decoction to boil
149F additional 30 min

Hops:
0.5 oz Magnum 60 min
Spices @ 20 min:
2 cinnamon sticks
30 cloves
2 tsp Nutmeg (1/2 fresh and 1/2 powder)
2.5 tsp ground ginger

OG 1.050

Experiment: Hop Combinations

I mashed two gallons to do side-by-side tastings of two favorite hop combinations to see which I preferred.

Grain Bill (for 2 gallons)
4.6 lbs - 2 Row
2 oz - Munich Malt
1 oz - CaraMunich 60L
4 oz - CaraFoam

Mash @ 150F for 60 min

Hop Schedule

Amarillo+Cascade (orange)	Centenial+Citra
0.5 oz Cascade 60 min	0.25 Centenial 60 min
0.25 oz Cascade 5 min	0.25 Centenial 5 min
0.25 oz Amarillo 5 min	0.25 Citra 5 min