Nutmeg Usage Guide

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• Nutmeg

• This spice is available

• Ground

• Seed

• Recommended form to purchase, as freshly grated nutmeg will provide the best flavor and aroma.

• When to add freshly grated nutmeg to your brew depends on the effect you want it to have on your finished beer.

• Do you want more flavor or more aroma?

• Not highly recommended for use in brewing, as the seed's essential oils rapidly oxidize once ground.

• Flavor

• Both

• Aroma

• Neither

• How much aroma do you want?

• Do not use nutmeg.

• Some aroma

• Little to no aroma

• Add it the mash

• Add it to the kettle during the last 5 minutes of the boil.

• Depending on the style of beer you are brewing, you will do this...

• "Dry hop" your brew with nutmeg.

• during the last 2 minutes of the boil.

• when you turn off the heat to end the boil.

• in the primary or secondary fermenter.

• Make a homemade nutmeg potion

• Carefully add the potion to your beer at bottling. You may need to experiment with the amount you use to achieve the best results in your final beer.

• How much freshly grated nutmeg should you use?

• The other ingredients in the recipe you are brewing

• 1/2 teaspoon to 2 ounces, depending on...

• The amount of beer you are brewing

• How much nutmeg flavor and aroma you your beer to have

• Seal the container & let it sit for 1 week.

• In a container, cover freshly grated nutmeg with enough vodka to cover it thoroughly.

• Strain the mixture through cheesecloth to separate crushed material from the liquid potion.