10/10/2012 – Brew Day

1 lb – Coffee malt
0.75 lb – Pale ale malt
0.5 lb – Special B malt
0.25 lb – Black roasted barley
1 lb – Munich malt
2 oz – De-bittered black malt
8 oz – Malto-dextrin
3 lb – Dark LME
3 lb – Munich LME
1 oz – Nugget hop pellets (60 min)
0.25 oz – Cracked cardamom seeds (15 min)
0.5 tsp – Yeast nutrient (15 min)
1 tsp – Irish moss (15 min)

Shake to aerate

O.G.: 1.062, 14.0% Brix

Pitched one smack pack of Wyeast 1187 – Ringwood Ale Yeast

10/22/2012 – Racked to secondary

10/27/2012 – Bottled 15, kegged the rest

F.G.: 1.023, 9.6% Brix
5.1% ABV