Who Wants to Help a New Brewer?

[fayderek14]

So every summer my friend and brewing partner throws a Christmas in July party. We were looking at this years party as an opportunity to showcase one of our homebrews. Most of our friends have yet to try our beers since we have only been brewing since November. So heres our plan, I would love to get some feedback and what not.

What we want is a beer that will be light and refreshing enough for a hot summers day but at the same time seem Christmasy. So currently we are brewing a test batch. We took the Ohh La La, Saison recipe from Patrick Higgins' book and brewed it exactly into a 5 gallon batch. It is currently sitting in a primary fermenter. Our idea from here is when its time move the 5 gallon batch into 2 seperate 3 gallon car boys. This is where we will add the flavor.

The first car boy will be for adding an apple pie flavor. We plan on layering the bottom with apples, cinnamon, vanilla beans and maple syrup.

The second car boy we are aiming for a more Christmas spiced beer. This one seems to be a bit more experimental one. We plan on lining the bottom of this one with orange peel, juniper berries, ginger, cardamom and cloves.*

Whichever batch turns out better we will make in bulk to distribute at the party. Any thoughts, feedback, or sugestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[bds3]

Both sounds like great ideas; keep us updated how the flavors turn out. Keep in mind the maple syrup will add more fermentable sugar and may not add much actual maple syrup flavor.

 

[fayderek14]

Both sounds like great ideas; keep us updated how the flavors turn out. Keep in mind the maple syrup will add more fermentable sugar and may not add much actual maple syrup flavor.

Would you recommend another way to get that flavor? And should we pitch more yeast in that batch to ferment the syrup?