bennysbrew Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 My nanner was famous for her Xmas day plum pudding ,so seems she's not with us from now on I thought I'd do a replicate of the alcohol variety... I'm about 4 weeks away from putting this down ,a little late in the piece for Xmas as it would probably need longer for maturing, but time is what it is. So 4 weeks enough time to tweak the recipe from feedback. I'm thinking 1 real ale tin 1kg Belgian dark Candi syrup 300-500g steeped crystal Undetermined quantity of nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, and orange peel. 2-3 kit yeasts, fermented at 22 16l. Should come out around 6.1%. I'll consider bumping it up another .4-.8 with some golden syrup or the like. Considering a hop steep of Styrian or saaz, unsure if it will add to the beer or not. I remember doing an English bitter with Styrian which I liked, but remember the Styrian being very pronounced. The dark Candi syrup is meant to throw off plum, caramel, toffee, vanilla flavours. Final result, a sweet fruity Dark ale with a good level of bitterness. Stouts are generally more favoured for this thing, but I'm over stout, plus the old man exclusively makes it at nauseum... Any feedback , ideas shoot away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Caraaroma gives toffee and raisin flavours with some nice colour. Use the amber tin maybe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennysbrew Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 So I put this one down today, changed a little. Australia pale ale tin Dark Candi syrup 600g Brown sugar 500g Ldm 500g Golden syrup 300g 300g choc malt 100g crystal malt Star Anise -2 Nutmeg- 1 tspn Cinnamon - 1 tspn Crushed coriander - 2 tspn Mangrove jack - m41 18 liters Strong, spicy, merry Xmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy81 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 12 hours ago, bennysbrew said: So I put this one down today, changed a little. Australia pale ale tin Dark Candi syrup 600g Brown sugar 500g Ldm 500g Golden syrup 300g 300g choc malt 100g crystal malt Star Anise -2 Nutmeg- 1 tspn Cinnamon - 1 tspn Crushed coriander - 2 tspn Mangrove jack - m41 18 liters Strong, spicy, merry Xmas Very interesting brew Benny, Looking forward to hear about the end result. Cheers, Hoppy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennysbrew Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Day 6, down to 1.010. Going to up around the 9%, little higher than I originally intended The sample was mind blasting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdeluxe Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 On 11/2/2018 at 11:01 AM, bennysbrew said: The sample was mind blasting in a good way? or was it just the strength? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennysbrew Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 On 11/11/2018 at 10:00 PM, beerdeluxe said: in a good way? or was it just the strength? In a good way, though at bottling time it had appeared to mellow a bit. Came out at low 9's...should start a few arguments Christmas day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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