Some thoughts on my First Recipe ??

[bmunos]

Hello. I was looking for some direct feedback and thoughts to my first attempt at an all grain recipe. I want it to be right in-between a stout and porter. Emphasis on Extremely sweet, malty and milky beer. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Im not attached to the recipe at all!

Style: Brown Porter OG: 1.075
Type: All Grain FG: 1.022
Rating: 0.0 ABV: 6.94 %
Calories: 247 IBU's: 30.40
Efficiency: 70 % Boil Size: 5.88 Gal
Color: 36.9 SRM Batch Size: 5.00 Gal
Preboil OG: 1.070 Boil Time: 90 minutes

Fermentation Steps
Name Days / Temp
(none)

Grains & Adjuncts
Amount Percentage Name Time Gravity
8.00 lbs 50.00 % Pale Malt, Maris Otter 60 mins 1.038
3.50 lbs 21.88 % Victory Malt 60 mins 1.034
1.00 lbs 6.25 % Chocolate Malt 60 mins 1.028
1.00 lbs 6.25 % Rahr White Wheat 60 mins 1.038
1.00 lbs 6.25 % Biscuit Malt 60 mins 1.036
0.50 lbs 3.12 % Candi Sugar, Amber 60 mins 1.036
1.00 lbs 6.25 % Oats, Flaked 60 mins 1.037

Hops
Amount IBU's Name Time AA %
0.50 ozs 12.27 Northern Brewer 60 mins 8.50
1.00 ozs 11.93 Fuggles 45 mins 4.50
0.50 ozs 1.30 Fuggles 5 mins 4.50
1.00 ozs 4.90 Northern Brewer 5 mins 8.50

Yeasts
Amount Name Laboratory / ID
1.00 pkg London Ale White Labs 0013

Additions
Amount Name Time Stage
2.00 oz Cinnamon Stick 15 mins Primary
1.00 g Nutmeg 15 mins Boil
4.00 g Orange Peel 15 mins Boil
2.00 oz Chocolate 15 mins Boil

 

[Grantman1]

You have a lot going on here. Victory malt and biscuit malt are essentially the same thing, and together they make up nearly 28% of the grain bill, which is going to be entirely too much, regardless of personal taste preferences. I wouldn't go more than 7-10%, and even at those levels it's borderline overwhelming IMO. I'd bump up the marris otter to around 60% of the grain bill after taking out the access victory/biscuit. You'll have plenty of unfermentables to give it the beer plenty of body.

That's all I got. I'm not sure exactly what you are gunning for, so it's hard to say what else I'd change about this.

 

[inhousebrew]

First off I would watch this video about simplifying your recipes. Grab a pint of your favorite beer and sit for twenty minutes for it to soak in.



After that I would rethink this recipe. Take a look at this guy, sounds like something you would like:

http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/allgrain/AG-ChocolateMilkStout.pdf

 

[Dave the Brewer]

If you are going for emphasis on extremely sweet I would hold off on the candi sugar and add some more base malt. I also agree with keeping recipes simple.

 

[bmunos]

Thank you for the link! I will take a look and try to refine. I had a feeling the victory and biscuit malt would be a problem. I also didn't like the candy sugar but I was told it was a must? Thanks for the tips I will do some thinking and refine.

 

[inhousebrew]

Thank you for the link! I will take a look and try to refine. I had a feeling the victory and biscuit malt would be a problem. I also didn't like the candy sugar but I was told it was a must? Thanks for the tips I will do some thinking and refine.

Think about it a bit and let us know what you come up with. Work off of a pre-existing recipe. Keep it simple. Make it once. Add on from there and make it again. That is a proven formula for making a recipe.