3 recipe's please check them for me

[Spud395]

It's not easy to get good ingredients here, so I'm going to order enough gear for my 1st 3 AG's

Scarey as hell, but I know the styles I'm looking for and think the recipe's will work.
Please read through them and tell me what you think!

Dark side Stout
Date:
Gyle Number:
Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio
Pale Malt 5 EBC 11 lbs. 0.4 oz 5000 grams 75.2%
Roasted Barley 1350 EBC 1 lbs. 1.6 oz 500 grams 7.5%
Crystal Malt, Pale 60 EBC 0 lbs. 5.3 oz 150 grams 2.3%
Flaked Barley 0 EBC 2 lbs. 3.3 oz 1000 grams 15%

Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
Target Whole 11.4 % 60 mins 0 lbs. 1.2 oz 35 grams 77.8%
Target Whole 11.4 % 15 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10 grams 22.2%

Final Volume: 23 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.063
Final Gravity: 1.018
Alcohol Content: 5.8% ABV
Total Liquor: 35 Litres
Mash Liquor: 16.6 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 40.850922509246 EBU
Colour: 231 EBC


dark wheat
Date:
Gyle Number:
Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio
Wheat Malt 3.5 EBC 5 lbs. 8.1 oz 2500 grams 52.6%
Munich Malt 20 EBC 4 lbs. 6.5 oz 2000 grams 42.1%
Crystal Malt, Dark 300 EBC 0 lbs. 8.8 oz 250 grams 5.3%

Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
Hallertauer Hersbrucker Whole 3.2 % 60 mins 0 lbs. 1.1 oz 30 grams 75%
Hallertauer Hersbrucker Whole 3.2 % 15 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10 grams 25%

Final Volume: 23 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.046
Final Gravity: 1.011
Alcohol Content: 4.6% ABV
Total Liquor: 33.1 Litres
Mash Liquor: 11.9 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 11.6254182784286 EBU
Colour: 40 EBC


Big switch bitter
Date:
Gyle Number:
Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio
Pale Malt 5 EBC 11 lbs. 0.4 oz 5000 grams 90.9%
Crystal Malt 130 EBC 1 lbs. 1.6 oz 500 grams 9.1%

Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
Target Whole 11.4 % 60 mins 0 lbs. 0.5 oz 15 grams 27.3%
Challenger Whole 7.6 % 60 mins 0 lbs. 0.7 oz 20 grams 36.4%
Golding Whole 5.7 % 15 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10 grams 18.2%
Fuggle Whole 4.9 % 5 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10 grams 18.2%

Final Volume: 23 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.053
Final Gravity: 1.013
Alcohol Content: 5.3% ABV
Total Liquor: 33.8 Litres
Mash Liquor: 13.8 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 35.2228760572862 EBU
Colour: 29 EBC


Any suggestions welcome

[dave-o]

Dark side - That's a strong stout! Is it meant to be? No need for the crystal IMO. Other than that, looks pretty classic and should be great.

Dark wheat - I think that with that dark crystal it won't taste like a traditional dunkel, but maybe that's not what you're after. If you are, maybe use some carafa instead. If not, go for it.

Big Switch - looks great.


You haven't mentioned what yeasts you are using.

[RichardG]

Firstly, I should stress my limited experience in this; however, I'd say the stout looks fine and I'd maybe keep the crystal though I'm not sure it's an issue either way. I wonder if the wheat would be better of with pale malt rather than munich? Just a feeling and I suspect others more knowledgable than I will be able to advise better. Big Switch, agreed looks fine, though personally I'd use either Target or challenger for bittering; no need to over complicate and I doubt that you'd get any sense of the differences between either from a long boil.

[steve_flack]

I think you may have got the eighth decimal place wrong on the last IBU number.

[Spud395]

Dark side - That's a strong stout! Is it meant to be? No need for the crystal IMO. Other than that, looks pretty classic and should be great.

Dark wheat - I think that with that dark crystal it won't taste like a traditional dunkel, but maybe that's not what you're after. If you are, maybe use some carafa instead. If not, go for it.

Big Switch - looks great.


You haven't mentioned what yeasts you are using.

Dave, yeah I know bigger and better

Not really sure what I'm after, thats why I was looking for feedback, based loosly on a recipe I saw somewhere.

Big Switch is based on what I could find out about Fullers ESB only hops are a little out I know

For yeast I was going to keep it simple with s-04 for the stout and ale and wb-06 for the other?

[Spud395]

Big Switch, agreed looks fine, though personally I'd use either Target or challenger for bittering; no need to over complicate and I doubt that you'd get any sense of the differences between either from a long boil.

It's just I see both are used in Fullers ESB and I really like that, I wonder though?

[Spud395]

I think you may have got the eighth decimal place wrong on the last IBU number.

Check your maths again Steve, I think you'll find I'm right
That's Beer Engine for you

[Jolum]

I think you may have got the eighth decimal place wrong on the last IBU number.

Check your maths again Steve, I think you'll find I'm right
That's Beer Engine for you

I have to agree, I've seen this a lot with BE, it doesn't round up the final figure.

[steve_flack]

It's just I see both are used in Fullers ESB and I really like that, I wonder though?

ESB uses Target alone for bittering. Challenger and Northdown are the late hops.

[Spud395]

Cheers Steve, noted, will change it aroung a bit.

I've read 35 IBU's and that was what I was going for.