I woke up a couple hours early this morning just to brew another beer. I wanted to make another Christmas inspired ale again, but this time took a different spin on it. I ended up using allspice, cinnamon and coriander to flavour this batch, which I steeped as a tea AND added to the end of the boil separately. I also wanted to achieve a fast brew day managing to finish the entire batch, milling, mashing and boiling in just over 3 hours.

Here is what it ended up looking like.

He brings poisonous death. And gifts!

Jolly Christmas Manticore Ale

Grains/Adjuncts

• 5.0 lbs Pilsner Malt
• 2.0 lbs 2 Row Pale Malt

Hops/Herbs

• 1.0 oz Tettnang @ 30 min
• 1.0 oz Tettnang @ 20 min
• 0.1 oz Allspice @5 min
• 0.2 oz Coriander @ 5 min
• 0.3 oz Whole Cinnamon Stick @ 10 min

Misc

• Spice Tea (1L of water, steeped all spices prior to adding directly to boil) @ 10 min
• 1 tsp Yeast Nutrient @ Flame out
• 1/2 tsp Irish Moss @ 10 minutes (for clarity)
• Pacman Yeast Starter

Procedures

• Unconditioned malt, milled once
• Brew-in-a-Bag
• Single Step Mash, ~152F-155F, 60 minutes, 4.25 gallons
• Sparge, 1.25 gallons, 170F
• 30 minute boil
• No Chill

Beer Profile

• Batch Size – 4.5 gallons
• Actual OG: 1.042 (Eff: 75%), Estimated FG: 1.010 (4.2% ABV)
• IBU – ~21