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Assistance with adding extra spices to home brew. Help!?
I have a bit of a mix for my next batch of brew. I have some malt extract from a friend that is only labeled as “American Ale” I don’t know if it’s pre-hopped or not.
I’d like to make a holiday beer by adding some sweet orange peel, ginger, and sweet gale. As well as an oz of Willamette hops. (for flavoring)
As I don’t need to make a mash, what would be the best way to get this done? With the extract there really isn’t much boiling time needed at all. So how would I work in the hops/spices?
Also when would be a good time to add the sugar? (which type I have not decided on. Any suggestions would be nice. I was going for an amber belgian candi)
Thanks for all the help!
Is there a way to taste the malt to tell if it’s hopped? Just enough for an educated guess. I dont want to over hop since im adding the spices.
Whether or not the extract is pre-hopped makes a difference; if it’s not you’ll want to boil your bittering hops for a good 60 minutes, and add the Willemette at the end for flavor/aroma.
For the spices (orange peel, ginger, gale) you will want to boil these for 5 minutes; so whether you do a full or a partial boil, you will just add them at the very end.
As for sugar, well, the malt extract is your sugar… I wouldn’t waste Belgian candi sugar on this malt extract you got from your friend. If you want to boost the ABV, add about 2 lbs of corn sugar when you add the extract. You can also add some light dry malt extract as a fermentable for body.
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The first beer, I'd like to introduce you to a particular style is called "Lambic"
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Producers unblended Lambic:
Cantillon
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Lakefront Cherry Beer
Mason Arms Damson Beer
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Matt Tremblay
About the Author:
Matt Tremblay is the author of “The Home Brewing Success Blueprint”
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