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Mine came out pretty dark last time too, but I think that was because the crystal malt my LHBS had in stock was on the dark side of the spectrum.
Last Sunday I brewed a 3 gal BIAB version of this recipe. 90% MO, 8% Simpson's C50-60, 2% C120. Bittered with Target and finished with a mix of Fuggles and EKG. S-04 yeast. Going to dry hop with a little Fuggles and EKG. Looking forward to drinking this one, it smells great.
matt062286,
Yours appears much darker. Did that come about from the floor malted Maris? Seems you must have added something else?
Did you use Flaked Oats, or Golden Naked?
Thanks!
Andy
Good idea with the Target. I have 1/2# I was wonder what I could do with.
This would mean having to use less EKG which I only have a few ounces of.
As it's a 60 min addition if I account for the difference in IBUs using Target instead of EKG shouldn't make a big difference to the flavour or am I wrong?
Give it time to mellow, it's only been a week after all. Mine seem to start getting really good after 6 weeks.
Made up a batch of this on Saturday (2014-04-05).
I had to make a couple of (hopefully) minor tweaks due to ingredient availability at my LHBS.
I added 0.25lb of biscuit as mentioned by some of the people who tried this recipe.
I used Special B instead of the dark crystal (this one bothers me the most but oh well).
I used 1 oz of EKG and 0.5 oz of Fuggles for the first (FWH) hop addition.
I wish I could say this smelled great while I was making it but I was too stuffed up in the head to smell anything. That was disappointing, I love the smells associated with brewing even if my wife and kids complain about it.
Hit expected original gravity and the S-04 was showing visible vigorous activity in about 10 hours. I'm looking forward to this one. I'll try to remember to give my impression of this beer when it's ready (7-8 weeks).
GU
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Pretty new to AG but I think I'll be brewing something close to this next.
Do you think it would convert to a lower ABV ordinary bitter pretty nicely with less Maris Otter? Subbing locally available ingredients it would look like:
7.7 lbs Maris otter
0.8 lb Caramunich III (roughly crystal 60)
0.3 lbs Caraaroma (closest I could find for dark crystal)
(same hop schedule and using s-04)
ABV 3.7
SRM 11.1
35.7 IBU
(According to beersmith @ 6 gallons)
Thoughts?
This will probably be my next beer.
I'm starting to get into doing split batches - two beers for about 1/3 more of the work.
I will mash enough for two 5 gallon batches. The first batch will stick to the original recipe but I'm not sure what to do with the other half. I want to use different hops and yeast so that I have a significantly different beer.
Three ideas come to mind:
1. I have some witbier yeast saved from my last batch (Belgian IPA) use this and hop it to about 20 IBUs with some nobel hops. Something like a pseudo dubbel.
2. Use the wit yeast but hop it with American hops to 60 or 70 IBUs and make a brown Belgian IPA.
3. Use US-05 with American hops and make a brown American ale.
#2 would probably turn out best because the beer the yeast comes from is a Belgian IPA hopped to 60 IBUs.
Would it work though?
I have citra, armarillo, columbus, galaxy, belma, williamette, summit, Chinook, cascade, northern brewer, nugget, mt hood.
I appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks!
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