10/24/22
Steeped grains for 35 minutes at 156 degrees and rinsed with water
Boiled malt extract and hops for about 75 minutes
Added candi syrup and treacle the last 15 minutes
Added sweet orange peel the last 10 minutes in a mesh bag
Added cinnamon, star anise, nutmeg, and allspice to mesh bag the last 5 minutes
Cooled with wort chiller to about 90 degrees and added about 2 more gallons of water
Pitched 2 liters of yeast starter at around 67 degrees (used two cans of Fast Pitch for starter, need a bigger flask or only one can because it overflowed)
O.G. 1.100
Made up 3 tinctures, one with 2 oz of oak chips soaked in 4 oz of rum, one with 3 vanilla beans and 3 cinnamon sticks in 1 oz of rum, and one with one star anise, 6 allspice berries and 3 cloves.
11/1/22 - Poured 3 tinctures in weighted bag and racked into secondary fermenter. S.G. 1.036
11/6/22 - Made up tincture with 2 oz rum, 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg, 1 star anise, 2 cinnamon sticks broken, 6 allspice berries, nectarine peel
11/8/22 - Poured tincture in existing bag. S.G. 1.034
11/20/22 - Poured in bottling bucket and added two more tinctures of spices and about 3 oz of rum. F.G 1.032 ABV 9%