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found a recipe for a Winter Spice Ale that I plan on brewing this weekend. The recipe calls for 2 whole nutmegs. When I picked up my ingredients at the home brew store I was told that this was way too much and I should use about 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated. This is for a 5 gallon batch.
Anyone have any advice for me? Should I just throw it in whole or grate it, and how much should I use?
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1/4 teaspoon is plenty
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You can use up to 1/2, but I wouldn’t recommend any more than that.
Also, make sure to grate it. Throwing a whole nutmeg in your pot will do little to nothing.
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Thanks, I’ll definitely bring it down to about 1/4 teaspoon.
Although, how would that measurement change if I were to use the dried ground nutmeg in my spice cabinet as opposed to grating it fresh? Any difference?
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Though I’m not very experienced with brewing, I’m with cooking. Choose the fresh one for many reasons. After a month in the cabinet, any ground spice loses most of it’s smell...That’s why you should always by whole ones ;)
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If you use nutmeg spice from the kitchen add in grown mace also. It is grown out casing of nutmeg, works well.
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