This is the Larry’s winning recipe from the brew duel from November 2023, where we brewed a winter warmer with cloves. You can view the original on the Grainfather app.
Winter Seasonal Beer
7.5% / 16.6 °P
All Grain
BrewZilla / RoboBrew 35L
69% efficiency
Batch Volume: 5.5 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Mash Water: 6.35 gal
Sparge Water: 1.4 gal
Total Water: 7.76 gal
Boil Volume: 6.78 gal
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.053
Vitals
Original Gravity: 1.068
Final Gravity: 1.011
IBU (Tinseth): 26
BU/GU: 0.39
Color: 20 SRM
Mash
Temperature — 152 °F — 60 min
Malts (13 lb)
10 lb (71.4%) — Muntons Pale Ale Malt — Grain — 2.9 °L
1 lb 8 oz (10.7%) — Briess Victory Malt (biscuit) — Grain — 28 °L
8 oz (3.6%) — Briess Caramel Malt 40L — Grain — 40 °L
8 oz (3.6%) — Briess Caramel Malt 80L — Grain — 80 °L
4 oz (1.8%) — Proximity Malt Chocolate Malt Pale — Grain — 222 °L
4 oz (1.8%) — Dingemans Special B — Grain — 109.4 °L
Other (1 lb)
1 lb (7.1%) — Brown Sugar, Light — Sugar — 6.5 °L
Hops (2 oz)
1 oz (18 IBU) — Willamette 5.5% — Boil — 60 min
1 oz (9 IBU) — Willamette 5.5% — Boil — 15 min
Miscs
1 items — Clove — Flameout
1 items — Clove — Primary
2 items — Clove — Dry Hop
1 tbsp — Vanilla Extract — Primary
Yeast
1 pkg — Fermentis US-05 Safale American 81%
Fermentation
Primary — 68 °F — 14 days
Carbonation: 2.4 CO2-vol