SUDS '97 Recipe Report Registered to Bob Wilcox Long Barn Holiday Ale Bob Wilcox Batch: 98 Style: 22. Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer Min Recipe Max O.G. 1.076 T.G. 1.029 Alc % 6.1 I.B.U. 34.2 S.R.M. 55.6 Ingredients for 5 gallons: 10 lbs Belgian Pale (MASH) 2.5 lbs CaraVienna (MASH) 2.5 lbs Aromatic (MASH) 0.5 lbs Belgian special-B (MASH) 0.25 lbs Flaked Barley (MASH) 0.5 lbs Cara-Pils Dextrine (MASH) 0.25 oz Galena 12.9% BOIL 60 minutes 1 oz Cascade 7% BOIL 30 minutes 2 oz Tettnanger 4.4% BOIL 0 minutes 0.5 tsp Cardmom 3 ea Orange Zest 5 ea Cinnamon 1.5 tsp Irish Moss 1 pkg Fault Line Ale Yeast Boil Time: 75 minutes Primary Fermentation: 11 days at 63 F Secondary Fermentation: 45 days at 63 F Date Starte9/26/98 Date Racked10/7/98 Date Bottle11/21/98 Mashing Procedure: Mash Efficien75% Add 5.08 gallons of water at 149 F to heat mash to 135 F Add 2.13 gallons of boiling water to heat mash to 155 F Sparge with 1.31 gallons of water to yield 5.00 gallons to primary Water Absorbed by Grain: 1.63 gallons Water Evaporated during boil: 1.56 gallons Notes: Make starter one week in advance Mash in all grains except F/Barley at 122 deg and hold for 30 mins Add F/Barley and Raise to 158 and hold until conversion Mash out at 165 for 20 mins Add 195 deg water(1.5-2 gal) and Heat Top kettle to 6.75 gal Total Boil 70 mins Boil 10 mins and start Hop additions as noted Add 1.5 tsp Irish Moss at 45 mins Add 12 pods Cardmom, and 4 shakes of Nutmeg 11/20/01 7:28:50 AM SUDS '97 Recipe Report Registered to Bob Wilcox Let steep 30 mins after knock out Chill to 70 degs and pitched onto Fault line Yeast from last batch. Or Whith Labs Calif Ale Yeast 9/7 started steeping spices in some grain alc. 1/2 tsp cardamom 3 cinnamon sticks 1/8 tsp nutmeg, need to add orange zest. 9/26 Brew Day 0645 Mash in Hit target 135deg 0830 Mash out 1.5 gal 200 deg water and heat 165 deg 0910 Clear runnings Recirc 1 gal start Draining to Kettle added 1gal 170 water to tun 1020 Starting Heating for boil collected 5.5 of 1.076 wort add 1galto kettle. 1110 Boil started 1205 added Irish moss, cardmom & nutmeg 1220 Knock out 1245 Chiller off cover and let settle( went out for lunch) 1430 racked onto Yeast 1700 Positive action in air lock 2000 Full head of foam 10/07 Racked to secondary gravity 1.030 10/11 Made Spice tea 1 qt water 5 Cinnamon sticks, 1.5 tsp Cardamom, Zest from 2 Oranges, 1/2 tsp Nutmeg steep 2 hr Strain into glass measuring cup and boil down to 2 cups, added to carboy 11/7 made more tea 1c water 2 cinnamon sticks 1 tsp cardmom 1 tsp nutmeg boiled 10 mins and let steep until cool and added to secondary. 11/21 Kegged applied 30 lbs CO2 put in fridge at 48 degs 2/6/99 Second place Ribbon at BABO 28,34 & 33 4/10/99 First place Mayfair 43,40&36 7/1/99 Third place California State Fair 11/20/01 7:28:50 AM