Monster Mash India Red Ale

[Clibit]

This is very much a user upper of bits of grain! Check out the malt list. I'm hoping it turns out red-ish, but no worries if not. I want lots of malt and lots of IBUs. Currently mashing, sparge water heating up.

Monster Mash IRA

Batch Size (L): 9.0
Total Grain (kg): 2.097
Total Hops (g): 50.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.057
Final Gravity (FG): 1.014
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.60 %
Colour (SRM): 22.1 (EBC): 43.5
Bitterness (IBU): 65.5 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 80
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

0.600 kg Maris Otter Malt (28.61%)
0.300 kg Munich UK (14.31%)
0.260 kg Lager Malt (12.4%)
0.175 kg Wheat Malt (8.35%)
0.100 kg Amber Malt (4.77%)
0.100 kg Crystal Rye (4.77%)
0.100 kg Flaked Oats (4.77%)
0.100 kg Torrified Wheat (4.77%)
0.087 kg Mild Ale Malt (4.15%)
0.087 kg Vienna (4.15%)
0.075 kg Special-B (3.58%)
0.030 kg Roasted Barley (1.43%)
0.022 kg Carapils (Dextrine) (1.05%)
0.022 kg Crystal 145 EBC Medium (1.05%)
0.022 kg Crystal 240 EBC Dark (1.05%)
0.017 kg Biscuit (0.81%)

10.0 g Columbus Leaf (15% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes
10.0 g Columbus Leaf (15% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes
10.0 g Simcoe Leaf (11% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes
10.0 g Columbus Leaf (15% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (80C steep)
10.0 g Simcoe Leaf (11% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (80C steep)

Mashed at 67°C for 30 Minutes.
Gervin Ale Yeast

See what happens...!

[nbpicklesno2]

Good god man. That's one hell of a grain bill. 16. I don't think I've got 16 in stock. Not much roasted barley but might be reddish with the amber, rye and crystal.

[Clibit]

It's only 9 litres.....

[GarethHW]

It's not possible to conceive what this might taste like.

[Clibit]

I think it will be sort of similar to an India Red I did with MO, Munich, Amber, pale crystal, dark crystal, TW, oats and RB. Columbus hops. It was one of my best ever brews. I was intending doing the same brew more or less, but bunged a bag of mixed grains in that the supplier assumed was going in the same beer. And hey presto, it's gone in three brews! The other two came out great.

The OG was 1058 so I got about 82% efficiency.

[Bunglebrewsbeer]

That's some grain line up is that!!

[Chug]

Agreed, big grain bill there, keep us posted.

[Bunglebrewsbeer]

Sure it'll be rather good though.

[Clibit]

Smells incredible! Very rich in both malts and hops.

[Notlaw]

Mind = Blown

That's too much for me to get my bonce around.

[serum]

That's easily the longest grain bill I've seen!

[IronBlue]

If it turns out really good, you'll be kicking yourself when you to make it again!

[Clibit]

Clearly a one off brew! Looks like something off the DIY DOG download. A regular brew for me is a rich hoppy ale with several malts including Munich, two or three crystals, a dark roasted malt and lots of IBUs from West Coast hops. Based on Randy Moshers India Red. This is an extreme version of it. Maybe I should call it Mosher Mash.

I like the amber malt in it, and pick two or three crystals from pale, medium, dark, caramalt, crystal rye and Special B. So it's normally MO, Munich, 2/3crystals, TW and/or oats for body and foam, and a small amount of a highly roasted malt for colour. Plus amber sometimes. I may introduce Carapils and / or biscuit, in place of some or all of the Munich.

[Notlaw]

Randy Mosher.... sounds like me when I was about 16 years old.

[wfr42]

If it turns out really good, you'll be kicking yourself when you to make it again!

I was thinking exactly that ^ hope it doesn't turn out to be something you want to recreate.

Following your experience with all the grain in one bag I asked geterbrewed to confirm my 3 custom grain kits would be sent in 3 bags haven't heard anything to the contrary, other wise I'll have 120pints of a stout wheat beer hoppy damdh (double malt double hop) on my hands...