Add grains to 6.5 quarts of water...
Bring temp up to 133 degrees and hold for 30 mins...
Add 2 quarts of boiling water. This should bring the temp to around 155 degrees. Hold for 45 mins...
Bring temp up to 167 degrees...
Sparge grains with 1 1/2 gallons of water at 170 degrees...
Bring wort to a boil...
60 Mins: Add Extract and 1/2 oz. Warrior hop pellets...
30 Mins: Add 1/2 oz. Warrior hop pellets...
10 Mins: Add 1/2 tsp. of Irish Moss...
5 Mins: Add 1 oz. Willamette hop pellets...
1 Min: Add 1 lbs of lactose...
Strain/sparge and transfer to fermenter with 1 1/2 gallons of cold water.
Add yeast when cool.
When bottling, I primed with 1 cup of Molasses.
For chai:
2 cups water
2 black tea bags
2 whole cloves
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp cardamom
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp ground allspice
2 TB pure maple syrup
In a medium-sized saucepan, bring the water and spices to a boil. Whisk the spices in the water. Once the water reaches a boil, turn off the heat and allow the spices to steep in the water for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, turn the heat back on and add the black tea bag and maple syrup. Return to a slight boil (the goal is a hot liquid for steeping). Once boiling, turn off the heat. Allow the tea bags to steep in the water and spices for 5 minutes. Remove the tea bags and strain the tea through a fine mesh sieve