Say I have a recipe that calls for 10lb pale 2-row and 1lb Caramel 20L.
I'm making this up as I go, so bear with me. Say for the sake of argument the pale 2-row is 1.5L. So I have (10*1.5)+(1*20) = 35 total "darkness units". divide by 11lb total grain = 3.18 "darkness units" per pound average in the recipe.
If I had a Pale Ale malt, that was, for the sake of argument, exactly 3.18L, would substituting 11lb of it for the grain bill result in the same beer? Or is my understanding of how the L scale works here completely off base?
I'm making this up as I go, so bear with me. Say for the sake of argument the pale 2-row is 1.5L. So I have (10*1.5)+(1*20) = 35 total "darkness units". divide by 11lb total grain = 3.18 "darkness units" per pound average in the recipe.
If I had a Pale Ale malt, that was, for the sake of argument, exactly 3.18L, would substituting 11lb of it for the grain bill result in the same beer? Or is my understanding of how the L scale works here completely off base?