Recipe suggestions...I have the hops

[mic]

I am looking for help creating a recipe around some hops that i have on order. I have 4oz Willamette Pellet Hops & 1oz Cascade Pellet Hops on the way.

Trying to put together a non-kit batch together. I posted this question another forum (BA) and the suggestion of this was given:

10lbs Maris Otter
.5lb Crystal 60 --- I would change this to 1.0lb of Crystal 120L

1 oz Willamette at 60
1 oz Willamette at 20
1 oz Willamette at 10
1 oz each willamette and cascade at flameout

What are your thoughts?

Thanks!

 

[mjohnson]

I think the original recipe sounds great. 1 lb of crystal 120 is too much for my tastes.

Edited to add why the dark crystal might be too much:
Some of the dark crystals can add a dark fruit kind of flavor - like prunes or raisins. You have all those nice hops, I imagine you want to showcase them. Maris Otter has a nice malt backbone. Crystal 60 give a bit of nutty, malty flavor. 5% crystal is about as high as I'd personally go. Another option would be to simply use the MO and no crystal. I do that sometimes and really enjoy it. Folks are sometimes surprised how much malt character you get from it.

Depends on what you want out of the beer.

 

[GuldTuborg]

The original looks like a nice pale ale. A full lb of extra dark crystal like that called for in the revision will be very strong, maybe make this into an amber type beer. Maybe it'll be good. Add a touch of lighter crystal and just a couple oz of chocolate malt, in addition to the 120, and you'll have something not unlike Arrogant Bastard's little brother. I guess it depends what you're looking for.