I was looking for a nice, light session brew with a quick turn around to keg and this is it! Brewing this up tomorrow. I have brewed many of BM's recipes with great success. Thanks for the recipe BM! Cheers.
Chriso said:That's correct dickproenneke - by increasing the malt and by that, the ABV, you have wound up with less total IBU in the beer and less proportional Bitterness:Gravity Ratio. You have taken a slightly hoppy, mostly-balanced recipe and, in fact, made it maltier. That's fine, what is important is that it reaches the balance that you want to taste.
mhurst111 said:So here is my plan for a strawberry version for this
Same grain bill:
Ingredients,
7,Pale Malt - 2 row
0.75,Cara-Pils
0.5,Crystal - 10L
0.5,Vienna Malt
Mash at 154 (instead of 150) for 60 min - strawberries in the secondary will dry it out, so trying to add more malty goodness...
I'll up the last cascade hop addition to .5 oz instead of .25 to try to keep the hop aroma
0.25,Centennial -55min
0.25,Centennial -35min
0.25,Cascade -20min
0.5, Cascade -5min ( changed from .25)
1,Nottingham Yeast
Ferment until FG is stable.
Add 6lbs strawberries to a secondary ( Costco bags are 6 lbs, so that is set) for 8-14 days until a 'new' FG is stable.
Rack to final bucket for 2 to 3 weeks, cold crash, keg and enjoy.
Any really dumb ideas in this plan....
Thanks,
Mike
Brewed this up today. Hit an OG of 1.041. My LHBS was out of US-05 and Nottingham so I went with Wyeast 1056. I didn't make a starter even though BS recommended I did. I figure I should be ok as this is a low gravity beer. Hopefully it all works out.
DHdriver said:I'm looking at brewing this but I can't get 10L or Vienna locally, but have everything else on hand so shipping isn't worth it. I have some crystal 80L I'd like to use up (it's already milled), any comments if I can use a small quantity of it (about 4oz), to 'replace' the 10L and Vienna, I know it won't be the same flavour but I'm trying to work with what I have.
What do you think?
DHdriver said:I have some crystal 80L I'd like to use up (it's already milled), any comments if I can use a small quantity of it (about 4oz), to 'replace' the 10L and Vienna, I know it won't be the same flavour but I'm trying to work with what I have.
What do you think?
Still a bit new to the hobby so not sure if it makes a huge difference but should I use pellets, leaf, or whole hops?
idrinkstuffnthings said:Any problem using Pilsen malt instead of 2 row?
cridden said:I made this a week ago and hit 1.040 as starting gravity, but after a week and a half at perfect conditions in a temp controlled freezer, ive only gotten down to 1.020. That's only 2.5 abv but I dont care if itll taste ok. Any ideas on what went wrong?
Hydrometer sample is pretty weak.
Komocabo said:I brewed this an fermentation was done after 9 days so I kegged it and force carbed it. Tried it last night after being in the keg for a few days to carb up. My first sip was kind of bland but then I got a very odd taste... sort of like old skunky beer. My wife says it tastes like Budweiser and I have to agree. I used the exact grain bill and hop schedule but used a fresh smackpack of 1056. I mashed at 152 for 60 if I remember correctly. I am wondering if mashing for 90 would make any difference. Any insight? I have a 3 keg set up and I fly sparge, if that helps
mashed at 154 for 60 mins, shook the sh%$ out of fermenter for 10 mins, and pitched a rehydrated Notty for 5 gallons.
gonna try it again this weekend and see if i can spot what went wrong.
I made this a week ago and hit 1.040 as starting gravity, but after a week and a half at perfect conditions in a temp controlled freezer, ive only gotten down to 1.020. That's only 2.5 abv but I dont care if itll taste ok. Any ideas on what went wrong?
Hydrometer sample is pretty weak.
mashed at 154 for 60 mins, shook the sh%$ out of fermenter for 10 mins, and pitched a rehydrated Notty for 5 gallons.
gonna try it again this weekend and see if i can spot what went wrong.
I made this a week ago and hit 1.040 as starting gravity, but after a week and a half at perfect conditions in a temp controlled freezer, ive only gotten down to 1.020. That's only 2.5 abv but I dont care if itll taste ok. Any ideas on what went wrong?
Hydrometer sample is pretty weak.
Jakeintoledo said:So, I made this once, and I didn't care much for the flavor (tasted like soap--but I won't deny this could have likely been an off-flavor).
And it seemed a little sweet to me, so I upped the hop content. This original recipe came in at about 22IBUs, but I instead cranked up the hop content, and did ALL late hopping. 0.75oz Centennial @ 25mins, 1oz @ 15min, and dry-hopped Ahtanum for three days in secondary.
I gave this about a month to age, and it's pretty good. not hoppy, but full of character. because it's a little more complex and aged, I call it Centennial Cougar. LOL
Thinking of adding some Saaz at the end of the boil. Any thoughts?
Enter your email address to join: