Recipe Advice Thread
Thought it might be handy to have a thread for some of the more advanced brewers to give some advice on recipes.
Let's see how it goes eh...
Let's see how it goes eh...
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Permalink Reply by Pint_of_Bitter on
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Have you just robbed a maltster? That's one solid inventory.
Sorry can't offer any advise as only on AG #3 but you are going to absolutely love it.
Good luck.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Neilson on
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Permalink Reply by MrC on
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Do you like Bookbinder?
Assuming that you are aiming for a standard 5gal batch (21L in the fermenter) I'd go for something like:
Malt:
4.5kg Pale malt (Maris Otter or Golden Promise)
250g Munich
250g Crystal
150g Dark Crystal
Mash 60 min @ 67c
Hops:
60 min Pacific Gem 30 IBU
10 min Riwaka 20g
10 min Fuggles 10g
0 min Riwaka 30g
0 min Fuggles 15g
US-05
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Permalink Reply by integersmirk on
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I was hoping for a very hoppy pale ale, so far was going on this theory:
4kg Golden Promise
.5kg Crystal
Riwaka Saaz:
15g / 60min
30g / 30min
30g / 10min
30g / 1min
S-04
I need to educate my palate more on hops, at least this might make me remember how Riwaka Saaz turns out.
Given the complexities I will have dealing with the equipment, the simpleness of it appeals...
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That looks like too much crystal malt to me. I'd go 300g at the most.
4kg base malt in a beer like this will end up around 4% ABV.
Hops look good.
US-05 will let the hops come through a lot more than S-04. I'd definitely go for US-05.
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OK, I like the sound of letting the hops through, have swapped US-05 for S-04...
Re: the crystal - the recipe I was given suggests 10% crystal, and I wanted to aim for the higher end of 4-5%.
Beersmith states 4kg + 300g crystal will be 7% crystal
Your advice is still 300g Crystal max?
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The most crystal (60L) I've ever used in a 5 gal batch is 330g and I thought it was too much.
I'd recommend that you look back at your previous brews with steeped grain and base your crystal volume on something that you've brewed before and liked.
All you are doing really is replacing pale extract with base malt (and opening a whole new world of mashed malts) the rest is the same as what you've already done. Trust what you know.
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Unfortunately, all of my ME brewing has been with the bog-standard maltexo from Bin-Inn - this will be the first ever non-kit beer I have brewed that is anything lighter than dark brown in colour :)
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Permalink Reply by jt on
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Beersmith states 4kg + 300g crystal will be 7% crystal
That's good, I like it. Palmers standard American & British ales on how to brew are about 6-7% crystal and sound recipes. I like the look of the hops too - go for it. You can always taste, evaluate and experiment from there
cheers, jt
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Thought I should let you know how this turned out...
I went for
4kg Golden Promise
350g Crystal
150g Munich
Riwaka Saaz:
15g / 60min
30g / 30min
30g / 10min
30g / 1min
The grain mill worked great.
Had a few small teething problems with the mashtun, and need to work more on sparging volumes - I think the set-up is fine, I just need to understand the process better.
Things went a bit wrong with the chiller. It's a Mashmaster plate chiller, and I thought that I could easily get the hot wort to flow down through it by siphon. I also forgot to consider all the hops in the wort. Everything became quite chaotic resolving this and I will be very pleasantly surprised if the beer turns out not infected.
I appreciate all the advice from you all - hopefully in a few weeks I'll be able to tell you the good news.
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Permalink Reply by Martin Bridges on
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My next brew but one is planned to be a Porter. I'm not sure whether to just repeat my Anniversary Day Porter recipe (which was very nice) or do a twist on it. I'm wondering about JZ's Choc Hazelnut Porter or a Vanilla Bourbon Porter. My only concern is whether or not I'll want to drink 19 litres of one of these experiements.
Anyone got any thoughts?
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Permalink Reply by JoKing on
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If you get the FG right - I can't see any reason why you wouldn't be able to get through 19 Liters of Vanilla Bourbon Porter... it really depends on how much you like bourbon I suppose.
If it were me, I'd tweak the anniversary Porter up by using double the Flavour hop additions, and subbing them out with Amarillo...
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