Holiday Cheer – Batch 33

Holiday Cheer beer label

Holiday Cheer

It’s that time of year again!  Time to make some good holiday beer!  I wanted to start this one sooner, but given I didn’t have any money until recently I couldn’t exactly buy my supplies.

For this years batch I did a few things different.  First, I used the actual Saaz finishing hops, as opposed to the Hallertauer I used last year.  Second, I didn’t add the honey and 1/2 of the liquid malt extract until 15 minutes left in the boil.  Third, I used dried orange peel that I bought in the seasoning section of the store.

The problem with the orange peel from the store is I had no idea how much to add.  I did some Googling, and found that 1 Tbsp is equivalent to one medium size orange.  So, I went with that, adding 4 Tbsp of dried orange peels at the end where the recipe called for it.

This morning I took the initial gravity, 1.060, and pitched the yeast.  Took an initial taste, and whamo!  Bitter, just as I would expect, with tons of backend sweetness.  Oooh, going to be a good holiday season!

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