Vive le Vent - Gingerbread Imperial Stout
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Description
Inspired by Kentucky Christmas Morning from the American brewery Hardywood, let yourself be surprised by this fabulous spiced Imperial Stout.
This beer is like a little vanilla gingerbread — roasted, warm, and deeply comforting.
Round, powerful, woody and complex, brew our Christmas Imperial Stout recipe.
Perfect for winter, and ideal for ageing several months.
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Warning:
This recipe requires raw ingredients that are not included in the kit and must be purchased separately!
Complete list: honey, nutmeg, ginger, coffee beans, vanilla, cinnamon, vodka and whisky.
Refer to the blog recipe to make sure you prepare all your ingredients.
This recipe, slightly more complex than our other kits, is designed for a 20‑liter batch.
It requires making a vanilla/cinnamon tincture and using oak chips. Don’t worry, every step is explained in the dedicated blog article.
Find the brewing guide on our blog: Vive le Vent Recipe
Included ingredients:
- - Malt bill (Maris Otter, Special W, Carafa I, Carafa II + Roasted Barley & Oat Flakes)
- - 100 g Magnum hops
- - 3 sachets Safale US‑05 yeast
- - 1 kg Lactose
- - 250 g American medium‑toast oak chips
Data sheet
- Alcohol
- Strong (+7 ABV)
- _amaz_country_origin
- France
- Beer Style
- Stout
- Skill Level
- Advanced
- Batch Size
- 20L
- Alcohol content
- 10%
- Bitterness
- Low
- Body
- Full-bodied
- Brewing time
- 6h
- Fermentation time
- 8 weeks
- Refermentation en bouteille
- 3 weeks

