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Mistletoe, Tinsel, & Bells

Method: Extract
Style: Mild
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 2.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.097 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 30% (steeping grains only)
Source: MTB/Papazian
Calories: 188 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 18.6 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Monday December 1st 2014

Original Gravity:

1.057

Final Gravity:

1.013

ABV (standard):

5.8%

IBU (tinseth):

40.0

SRM (morey):

12.6

Mash pH

n/a

Cost $

n/a

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
3.30 lb	Liquid Malt Extract - Extra Light	37	2.5	40.1%
3.30 lb	Liquid Malt Extract - Light3.3 lb Liquid Malt Extract - Light	35	4	40.1%
1 lb	Honey1 lb Honey - (late boil kettle addition)	42	2	12.2%
7.60 lbs / $ 0.00

Steeping Grains

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
0.50 lb	United Kingdom - Crystal 45L0.5 lb Crystal 45L	34	45	6.1%
2 oz	United Kingdom - Black Patent2 oz Black Patent	27	525	1.5%
$ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
2 oz	Cascade2 oz Cascade Hops	Pellet	7.5	Boil	60 min	37.21	66.7%
1 oz	Saaz1 oz Saaz Hops	Pellet	3.75	Boil	8 min	2.8	33.3%
3 oz / $ 0.00

Show Summary View

Amount	Variety	IBU	Bill %
2 oz	Cascade (Pellet)	37.21	66.7%
1 oz	Saaz (Pellet) 0.99999999771257 oz Saaz (Pellet) Hops	2.8	33.3%
3 oz / $ 0.00

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Type	Use	Time
8 oz	orange zest	Flavor	Boil	8 min.
1 oz	ginger root, grated	Spice	Boil	8 min.
1 each	cinnamon stick	Spice	Primary	--

Yeast

Danstar - Nottingham Ale Yeast

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	77%	Flocculation:	High
Optimum Temp:	57 - 70 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	70 °F	Pitch Rate:	0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 133 B cells required

$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator

Target Water Profile

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
0	0	0	0	0	0
filtered well water

Notes

A Christmas themed ale based on Charlie Papazian's Christma ale from Complete Joy of Homebrew 3rd Edition. I've been brewing with this one and tweaking it along (i.e. "misreading the recipe and using the wrong amounts, changing hops to whatever I have on hand, etc") for 3 years now and it always gets rave reviews. This one follows last year's version which was the best of the bunch.

Steep grains in 1.5 gallon water for 30 minutes
Add LME and Cascade hops and enough water to make it 2.5 gal
Boil 60 minutes
Add orange peel and ginger with 8 min remaining
Add honey at 2 minutes and turn off burner.
After some cooling, sparge wort into fermenting vessel.
Steep cinnamon stick 5 minutes in near boiling water to pasteurize, add to fermenting vessel.
Pitch yeast.
Rack after one week, bottle after another week.

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Last Updated: 2014-12-01 14:14 UTC

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Cost for

Gallons

Cost by

Final Yield

	Cost $	Cost %
Fermentables	$
Steeping Grains (Extract Only)	$
Hops	$
Yeast	$
Other	$
Cost Per Barrel	$ 0.00
Cost Per Pint	$ 0.00
Total Cost	$ 0.00

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