Spruce Winter Warmer

[pet lion]

I brewed this up on December 6th. Racked to the carboy last night. I had some spruce tips left my freezer from my spruce beer I made earlier this year so I got an idea in my head. After downloading Brewtarget and fooling around with it for a week I came up with my first recipe. Tastes pretty good already.


Brew Lion's Spruce Winter Warmer

Projected:
OG 1.083
8.6% ABV
41.8 IBU
27.1 SRM
Boil time 60.00 minutes

Extracts:
(62%) 4.00 kg dark liquid malt extract 15.00 minutes
(23%) 1.50 kg light liquid malt extract 60.00 minutes
Grains:
(7%) 450.0 g Medium Crystal malt
(4%) 250.0 g Light Crystal malt
(2%) 100.0 g Roast barley
(2%) 100.0 g Dark Crystal malt

Hops:
Northern Brewer 50.0 g 60.00 minutes
Willamette 20.0 g 08.00 minutes
Mt. Hood 45.0 g 01.00 minutes

Adjuncts:
Allspice 45.0 g 15.00 minutes
2 Cinnamon sticks 15.00 minutes
Spruce tips 340.0 g Boiled in 3L of water for 5 minutes then steeped for another 15minutes. Strained and added this as top up water in the primary.

Yeast:
2 packs: Danstar - Nottingham


Came out as a 1.070 starting gravity.