Just looking for any feedback on the below recipe my buddy and I are planning, we are going to take a run at Hardywood Park esque Gingerbread Stout. Here's the recipe.
OG - 1.112
FG - 1.033
ABV - 10.46%
IBU's - 55
SRM - 34
Chocolate malt - 12 oz
Roasted Barley - 12 oz
Victory - 12 oz
Carapils - 6 oz
Extra light DME - 12 lbs
Lactose - 1 lb
Warrior 2 oz at 60 min
Nugget 2 oz at 20 min
Challenger 1 oz at 5 min
Wildflower honey - 2 lbs at 10 min
Fresh ginger root - 5 oz at 5 min
Vanilla beans - 5 beans split and scraped
Cinnamon sticks - 3 whole sticks at 5 min
Wyeast 1728 Scottish Ale with 3L starter on stir plate
Safale US-05 - 1 sachet
I have been steeping the grains for 45 min recently and then washing them into the brewpot so it turns into more of a partial mash. May have gotten a little carried away with the OG so was going to throw in a sachet of US-05 just to be sure. We wanted the gingerbread flavor to come through but not for it to be "spicy" or overly sweet. Figured it would probably be ready around christmas time.
Would you guys change anything about the flavor additions? I've heard people putting the vanilla beans in vodka to bring out the flavor some.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.
OG - 1.112
FG - 1.033
ABV - 10.46%
IBU's - 55
SRM - 34
Chocolate malt - 12 oz
Roasted Barley - 12 oz
Victory - 12 oz
Carapils - 6 oz
Extra light DME - 12 lbs
Lactose - 1 lb
Warrior 2 oz at 60 min
Nugget 2 oz at 20 min
Challenger 1 oz at 5 min
Wildflower honey - 2 lbs at 10 min
Fresh ginger root - 5 oz at 5 min
Vanilla beans - 5 beans split and scraped
Cinnamon sticks - 3 whole sticks at 5 min
Wyeast 1728 Scottish Ale with 3L starter on stir plate
Safale US-05 - 1 sachet
I have been steeping the grains for 45 min recently and then washing them into the brewpot so it turns into more of a partial mash. May have gotten a little carried away with the OG so was going to throw in a sachet of US-05 just to be sure. We wanted the gingerbread flavor to come through but not for it to be "spicy" or overly sweet. Figured it would probably be ready around christmas time.
Would you guys change anything about the flavor additions? I've heard people putting the vanilla beans in vodka to bring out the flavor some.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.