Recipe Suggestion Anyone?

[kaymak]

Hey Guys,

I was gonna make a scottish ale this weekend but im onoy picking up my yeast tonight so wonbt have time to make a starter before brew day,

Im at a loss as to what beer to brew this weekend. Could anyone let me know what styles could be made with teh following ingredients, the main thisng is that I onoy have a packet of S-04 yeast

Caramalt
Carapils
Crystal 100ebc
Crystal 145ebc
Roasted bar;ey
Chocolate malt,

Northdown and EKG hops

Im thinkin of a porter or a stout but seems a bit our of season for these drinks

[dave-o]

You don't seem to have any base malts. Did you forget to type them?

[kaymak]

Sorry man, 25kg of light spray malt

[dave-o]

OK well if it were me i'd go for a summer ale, to welcome in the new weather.

Something like:

3500 - 4000g LME
300g Caramalt
20g Northdown - Full boil
30g EKG - 10mins
20g EKG - Flameout

This should give you a light ale with plenty of hoppiness but not too much bitterness.


For a traditional stout you'd really need some flaked barley.

[kaymak]

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 17:54 Post subject:



So, Ive decided on this recipe for this weekend brew, dont know what style it is but should be nice and sweet with some noce hoppy flavours, let me know what you guys think,

Type: Extract
Batch Size: 12.00 L
Boil Size: 13.74 L
Boil Time: 60 min

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
1500.00 gm Light Dry Extract (15.8 EBC) Dry Extract 83.33 %
150.00 gm Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (145.0 EBC) Grain 8.33 %
100.00 gm Caramel/Crystal Malt - 30L (100.0 EBC) Grain 5.56 %
50.00 gm Chocolate Malt (886.5 EBC) Grain 2.78 %
13.00 gm Northdown [7.60 %] (60 min) Hops 18.5 IBU
5.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [4.80 %] (20 min) Hops 3.0 IBU
5.00 gm Northdown [7.60 %] (20 min) Hops 4.3 IBU
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.047 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.49 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.65 %
Bitterness: 25.8 IBU Calories: 90 cal/l
Est Color: 33.8 EBC Color: Color

[OldSpeckledBadger]

That looks like a lot of crystal malt.

[colonial]

I agree with Badger.

The crystal will dominate, rather than adding to a balanced ale. I'd cut it down to about 7%-10% of the grist for the crystal and maybe add some of the Carapils (say 5%) for some body. Hops look good.

[nobby]

You could try a Hobgoblin style beer

With 250 Grams of Crystal and Carpills and 150 Grams of Choc. Not sure how much Spray to use but your looking for about 1045. And hop to about 30 IBU.

[kaymak]

Cheers for teh replies guys,

How about this,

1500.00 gm Light Dry Extract (15.8 EBC) Dry Extract 83.80 %
80.00 gm Cara-Pils (3.9 EBC) Grain 4.47 %
80.00 gm Caramel/Crystal Malt - 30L (100.0 EBC) Grain 4.47 %
80.00 gm Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (145.0 EBC) Grain 4.47 %
50.00 gm Chocolate Malt (886.5 EBC) Grain 2.79 %
13.00 gm Northdown [7.60 %] (60 min) Hops 18.5 IBU
5.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [4.80 %] (20 min) Hops 3.0 IBU
5.00 gm Northdown [7.60 %] (20 min) Hops 4.3 IBU
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale

[dave-o]

The grains look OK but i'm not really too wild about the hop schedule. The early northdown looks OK, but i'd use a lot more EKG (perhaps 20g) and put it in later (perhaps at 10 minutes). I'd put some in at flameout as well, but hey that's up to you.

I think your ale as it is will be easy drinking, but quite boring.

[kaymak]

Cheers Dav-o. brewed this up yesterday afternoon, would it be owrth while dry hopping with EKG

[kaymak]

Im thinking I should have added a third hop addition at 5 mins or flame out for this one. Would this benifit now from maybe 15g of dry hopping with some ekg pellets?

[dave-o]

You could dry-hop if you fancy trying it.

Might be an idea to live with it as it is for now, and see how it turns out. You can always experiment on future brews.