Misc addition
Nutmeg
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
- 3-8 g per 20 L
- Timing
- Grated fresh into the last 5 minutes of the boil.
Before you use it
Grate it from whole seed. Pre-ground nutmeg loses its aromatics within weeks and contributes little but dust.
Description
Freshly grated seed giving a warm, sweet, faintly woody spice that reads as pumpkin ale and Christmas beer to most drinkers.