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Cinnamon Ale

Recipe by Jim Green

All-grain version :
 
Grains:  7 lb Pale Malt
              1 lb Belgian Special B
              1 lb Crystal 20L
              1 lb Light Munich
              1 lb Cara Pils
Hops:    3 oz of English Hops (Fuggles or K. Goldings)
              1 oz of distinct hops (Tettnager or Cascade)
              2 Cinnamon Sticks
Yeast:   Wyeast 1056 - American Ale
 
Directions:  Mash grains as 150 degrees for 60 minutes and sparge. Boil for 90 minutes. Add 3 oz of English hops for 60 minutes.  Add 1 oz of distinct hops and cinnamon sticks for 10 minutes.  Cool wort and put one of the cinnamon sticks from the boil into the primary fermenter and pitch yeast.  Rack to secondary after a week and discard cinnamon stick.
Extract Version:   Replace the 7 lb of Pale Malt, 1 lb Light Munich, and 1 lb of Cara Pils with 7 lb of  Light Malt Extract.  Steep specialty grains in cold water and heat until just boiling and remove.  Add Light malt extract and boil. The rest of the recipe remains the same.

Produces a nice dark reddish ale with cinnamon flavor (not hot cinnamon)