Belgian Christmas Ale | Grain to Glass Homebrew | Holiday Special

Homebrew Beer Recipes
We get back to our annual tradition of brewing a Belgian-style Christmas Ale. Cinnamon, Ginger, and Coriander turn our homebrew Belgian Quad into a festive holiday beer that honors the Noise-Pop duo Sleigh Bells. Recipe and links below!

0:00 Introduction
1:57 Water Profile
2:47 The Mash
4:37 The Boil
5:59 Yeast and Fermentation
7:31 The Review
13:46 Conclusion
15:00 Closing Credits and Outtakes

Sleigh Bells references
And Saints https://youtu.be/9jf1WBqNpmc
Infinity Guitars https://youtu.be/WfGtB6K8q8k
Crown on the Ground (live) https://youtu.be/gU2x9o6TBGo

Homebrew Recipe (5 gallon)
Water Profile
Ca 53ppm Mg 8ppm Na 27ppm SO4 47ppm Cl 54ppm pH 5.3

6oz Aromatic Malt
6oz Caramel 120L Malt
12lbs Pilsner Malt

Hochkurz Mash: 144F 30 min 160F 30 min

1oz Perle First Wort Hops

WLP 530 and WLP 575 yeast (1 packet each)

1# D-90 Candi Syrup and 2# D-180 Candi Syrup added throughout fermentation

Ferment 5 weeks at room temp in a PET carboy. EC-1118 Yeast added to priming sugar in bottling bucket for bottling.

Glossary
Hochkurz Mash: A step mash with two temperatures to best utilize the alpha and beta amylase enzymes in the malted barley. The 144F beta rest creates a more fermentable wort, while the 160F alpha rest creates dextrins that aid in body and head retention

First Wort Hops: Adding hops as soon as the wort is draining from the mash tun to the boil kettle before bringing to a boil. This can add to a smoother perceived bitterness as well as reducing the risk of boil over

Equipment Used:
Spike Kettles
Blichmann Hellfire Burner
PET Carboy

Video Equipment
Panasonic GH5 shooting 10bit 4K HLG and 10bit HD HLG (slo mo)
Voightlander 17.5mm f0.95 and Pana-Leica 12-60mm f2.8-4
Edited on DaVinci Resolve Studio
Film Emulation plugin Filmconvert Nitrate
Music and Sound Effects from Epidemic Sound

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