1st try at a summer ale

[tnorman93638]

I'm working on a recipe and I want it to be a honey blonde light and malty. I have right now 6# of MO, 2# Vienna, 1#
honey malt, 3\4# flaked oats and 1\2# of carapils. Should I cut back on something or change a grain? It falls in to an ESB as I have the hops EKG and yeast.

 

[Turkeyshot]

This combination below should make for a decent ESB. Lose the Flaked Oats and use some Crystal 60 instead. Using EKG is fine for that style and an English Ale yeast like Safale S-04 would be good. Also I assume this is for a 5 gallon batch? What percent are your EKG hops?

7 lbs. Maris Otter
1.5 lbs. Vienna
.5 lbs Honey Malt
.5 lbs. Cara Pils
.5 lbs. Crystal 60L

 

[tnorman93638]

Yes its 5gal. Thanks for the help

 

[Turkeyshot]

Hey no problem. If your EKG hops are around 5% I would use about 2 oz. for 60 min. and another .5 to .75 oz at 15 min. for aroma. Which should still keep you in range.

 

[tnorman93638]

They are 5.9 and was playing with the amount to add. I don't want it to hoppy just a light balanced beer.

 

[Turkeyshot]

Well at 5.9% I would probably do 1.5 oz. at 60 minutes and .5 oz at 15 minutes. That would keep you near the lower end of bitterness for the style.

 

[tnorman93638]

Thanks