NikZak Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Hey folks, for my second post on this forum, I'm going to share with you my first annual Julebryg Christmas beer This is a toucan so prepare for a bit of a krausen 1x 1.7kg Coopers Australian Pale Ale 1x 1.7kg Coopers Dark Ale 100g Maple syrup 60g Brown sugar (it's all I had left) 1.5 whole Star anise 1 Tbsp Cloves 1 Large vanilla pod 2 cinnamon sticks 10g Cascade hop pellets Both kit yeasts pitched into 28 degree water for 30mins prior to pitching into wort Method Put the spices, maple syrup, brown sugar and hops into a saucepan with about 2.5L of water and bring it to the boil While this was coming to the boil, clean and sanitise fermenter and all other tools (spoon, seive, airlock, can opener) and put both cans of Coopers goo into sink of hot water Simmer spice mixture for 20 mins then let cool for 30 mins with the lid on the saucepan Open cans of goo, pour into fermenter and rinse cans with boiled water into fermenter Strain spice mixture into fermenter Stir well to dissolve the extract Pour one saucepan full of water through strainer into the fermenter to extract as much tasty goodness into the mixture then continue to top up to about the 20L mark Check temperature (mine was at 24 degrees at this point, just perfect) and OG (mine was 1.053) Pitch yeast, put on lid and airlock, fill airlock with water/fluid of your choice and leave to do its thing in a dark cool spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Good luck!. Star anise in wonderful in this type of beer. I brewed mine to the Tuborg style as a Vienna Lager. Lovely beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckDownUnder Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I hope that turns out nice. I made a batch of Julebryg last year as per the Coopers recipe and it turned out beautifully, sampled some around Christmas and then put the rest aside for the start of winter. I did mine using the European lager kit. I'm on a bit of a stout kick at the moment and was thinking about doing one in that style for the next batch. My wife has a jar of Christmas spice kicking about which is cinnamon, coriander, ginger, cloves, nutmeg and cocoa so just a bit of tinkering with the traditional Julebryg spice mix would be needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
568ml Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 As the Tuborg Julebryg is one of my favourite beers, I literately grew up on Tuborg, many a year I enjoyed this drop. Very easy to get hooked on when you are Danish :) Sadly my result did not live up to my expectation or my memory of how it really taste, and I didn't enjoy it. Don't know it was my mixing up/brewing or the recipe. Though that said everyone - mainly English Ale drinkers - who tried it really enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quadricorn Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Do you ferment at 24 degrees or at a normal ale temp(20ish)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikZak Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 Do you ferment at 24 degrees or at a normal ale temp(20ish)? I fermented this at 20-22 degrees as I hadn't set up my brewcave yet, now that the cave is set up though I'm brewing at 16 degrees and will probably need a heat belt for ale yeasts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quadricorn Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 How did this turn out? I want to make an Xmas beer so I'm trying to decide between this and the coopers recipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikZak Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Hey Quadricorn I've had a sneaky taste of it and it so far tastes great, the spices really shine through. It's kind of a deep amber/red color which is about what I was hoping for (didn't want it to be black as that would scare off most of the family at christmas time) and it smells great I'm looking forward to giving the family a run at it come Christmas day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdan Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 On 10/1/2015 at 11:43 AM, Ben 10 said: Good luck!. Star anise in wonderful in this type of beer. I brewed mine to the Tuborg style as a Vienna Lager. Lovely beer. Hi Ben, I was searching the internet for a Tuborg Julebryg clone and your post came up. I also read that Julebryg is in the style of a Vienna lager, but with added liquorice. How did yours go? Do you have a recipe to share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Mine is an all grain recipe, how do you make beer> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdan Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 12 minutes ago, Ben 10 said: Mine is an all grain recipe, how do you make beer> Same here, all grain. I use a 35 litre Digiboil from Kegland, with their mash upgrade kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Quote Recipe: Julebryg III Style: Vienna Lager TYPE: All Grain Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 33.00 L Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 L Estimated OG: 1.059 SG Estimated Color: 30.0 EBC Estimated IBU: 40.5 IBUs Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 % Ingredients: ------------ Amt Name Type # %/IBU Volume 3.50 kg Pilsner (Weyermann) (3.3 EBC) Grain 1 60.3 % 2.28 L 2.00 kg Munich II (Weyermann) (16.7 EBC) Grain 2 34.5 % 1.30 L 0.25 kg Caraaroma (Weyermann) (350.7 EBC) Grain 3 4.3 % 0.16 L 0.05 kg Chocolate Malt (Thomas Fawcett) (1000.8 EBC) Grain 4 0.9 % 0.03 L 25.00 g Dana [13.90 %] - First Wort 90.0 min Hop 5 40.5 IBUs - 4.00 Items Anise, Star (Boil 30.0 mins) Spice 6 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Something like that, with a lager yeast. I might need to do another one. There are a fe variations with a few different hops, something "noble". I recall a nice subtle anise flavour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdan Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 20 hours ago, Ben 10 said: Something like that, with a lager yeast. I might need to do another one. There are a fe variations with a few different hops, something "noble". I recall a nice subtle anise flavour. Thanks Ben! It’s funny that your recipe is almost identical to what I was thinking. Though I added Caraamber instead of caraaroma. I found a description of ingredientes from Tuborg that said “malt, barley, hops, liquorice”. So I was thinking of using roasted barley for colour and then liquorice root in the boil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 2 hours ago, hdan said: Thanks Ben! No worries. I use caraaroma as I love the flvour it brings. Let me know how yours goes, and include a picture at some point please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdan Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 On 9/23/2020 at 11:23 AM, Ben 10 said: No worries. I use caraaroma as I love the flvour it brings. Let me know how yours goes, and include a picture at some point please. Judgement day. A bit to dark, with 2% roasted barley. A bit dryer than the Tuborg, which was actually good. Added one liquorice root, 15 minute boil, and ended up with less liquorice flavour than the original. But all in all not a bad run, my family rated it higher than Tuborg in a blind test. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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