Holiday Ale

Ingredients:
7-1/2 pounds (3.4kg), Klages malt
1-1/2 pounds (680g), crystal malt (90L)
1/4 pounds (113g), chocolate malt
1/4 pound (113g), black patent malt
1/2 pound (226g), Cara-Pils malt
1/2 cup, molasses
1 teaspoon, cardamom
1 teaspoon, cinnamon
1 teaspoon, ginger
grated rind of 4 oranges
1-1/2 ounces (42g), Nugget hops (boil)
1 ounce (28g), Willamette hops (finish)
Whitbread ale yeast
1/2 cup, molasses (priming)

Procedure:
Mash grains. Add, 1/2 cup molasses, spices, boiling hops, and orange peel. Boil 1 hour. Add finishing hops in last few minutes. Strain into fermenter. Cool and pitch yeast.

Specifics:
O.G.: 1.045