Misc addition
Grains of Paradise
Representative The maker publishes no figures for this product, so these are class-typical values instead.
- Type
- Spice
- Added at
- boil
- Form
- solid
- Formula
- n/a
- Concentration
- sold as the pure compound
- Typical dose
- 5–10 g per 20 L of wort
- Timing
- Crushed and added for the last 5 minutes of the boil.
Before you use it
Far more potent than it looks — the peppery heat builds in the finished beer over a few weeks, so a dose that tastes right at packaging can be overpowering by the time it is drunk.
Description
A West African seed in the ginger family with a warm peppery bite and a hint of citrus and cardamom. Traditional in Belgian ales and a favorite for winter warmers.