Bad Santa – Jon Finch

Bad Santa – Jon Finch

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This recipe is from the book Beer Craft by Jon Finch.
A balanced stout that delivers a festive taste whilst not being too overly sweet and thick.

WLP004 Irish Ale Yeast - PurePitch® Next Generation BB: 21/09/2026

This is the yeast from one of the oldest stout producing breweries in the world. It produces a slight hint of diacetyl, balanced by a light fruitiness and slight dry crispness. Great for Irish ales, stouts, porters, browns, reds and a very interesting pale ale.

WHC Dried Yeast - Old English - 11g Packet

English Ale yeast, high attenuation, low ester formation & high ABV tolerance. Great choice for pale ales, ambers, porters and stouts.



Quantity:

Description

This recipe is from the book Beer Craft by Jon Finch.
A balanced stout that delivers a festive taste whilst not being too overly sweet and thick.

 

You will require 350g Maple Syrup, 1 x Vanilla pod, 3 Cinnamon Sticks, and 250ml of cherry extract which are not included with this kit.


Ingredients Included

Crisp Extra Pale Maris Otter (4000 grams)
Crisp Caramalt (370 grams)
Weyermann® CaraMunich® type 1 (370 grams)
Crisp Munich Malt (370 grams)
Crisp Black Malt (20 grams)
Northern Brewer Pellets (28 grams)


Method

Beer Style (main): Irish Ales
Beer Style (sub): Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout
Batch Size: 19L
Original Gravity: 1.064
Final Gravity: 1.013
ABV %: 6.7
IBU: 23.4

THE MASH
Temperature °C: 67
Length (mins): 60
Out temp °C: 75
Out time (mins): 10

THE BOIL
Boil time (mins): 60

Additions and timing:

27.5g Northern Brewer – 60 mins
1 Vanilla bean – 20 mins (not included)
3 Cinnamon Sticks – 20 mins (not included)

Secondary additions and timing:

Cherry Extract – after 2 weeks (not included)

Yeast: WLP004 Or WHC Old English, Please choose yeast top right
Fermentation temperature/steps: 20c

Comments:

This recipe is from the book Beer Craft by Jon Finch.
A balanced stout that delivers a festive taste whilst not being too overly sweet and thick.

You will require 350g Maple Syrup, 1 x Vanilla pod, 3 Cinnamon Sticks, and 250ml of cherry extract which are not included with this kit.

Cherry extract can be sourced from Amazon or from Health Food stores, also a Polish supermarket/food store or Tesco World Food aisle.

Additional information

Country of Origin GB
HS Code 21069092

WLP004 Irish Ale Yeast - PurePitch® Next Generation BB: 21/09/2026

Weight 0.75 kg
Country of Origin US
HS Code 2102101090

WHC Dried Yeast - Old English - 11g Packet

Weight 0.015 kg
Country of Origin GB
HS Code 2102101090

1 review for Bad Santa – Jon Finch

  1. George Duff (verified owner)

    not so much a review on this recipe but an alternative option .i wanted to order this recipe for xmas 2021 but not all the ingredients were available so i ordered the London pride recipe as a base then used all the additives for a xmas brew i used mangrove jacks cherry extract also added 25grams of liquorice root and wow what a xmas brew it was deffo worth a try ,i have since ordered the proper kit and its still maturing but early indications tell me its better with the london pride ….also was ready to drink in around 3 weeks

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