*Not from a commercial brewery, just from little old Skittlebrau
Many of you have a SWMBO, but I'm lucky enough to have a SWSBOHP (She Who Supports Brewing One Hundred Percent). Anyway, SWSBOHP has suggested we brew this Wednesday to maximise stocks (!) and make the most of the time off we have this week and next. Anyway, I'm a bit stuck for what to brew. It'd be nice to do a pleasant, malty, lowish ABV bitter/pale without having to buy too many ingredients in special. This is what I have available for this beer:
S-04 Yeast (this is mandatory, I have this and want to try it in a beer)
Maris Otter (more or less unlimited, I'll be buying it by the kilo from the LHBS)
Flaked Barley 456g
Amber Malt 726g
Pale Chocolate Malt 726g
Carafa Special III 280g
Roasted Barley 780g
Pale Crystal 1kg
Wheat Malt 903g
85g Nelson Sauvin 12.7% AA
55g Cascade 7% AA
I *can* get other hops from the LHBS, but I'd rather not have to as this is a 'bonus' brew that I wasn't expecting to make.
So what do people reckon? Anyone fancy a pop? It'd be really helpful for me as a novice brewer if people say why they have chosen the ingredients and proportions that they have, so I can understand the reasoning behind the formulation. If you've suggested ingredients outside of my list, please say why.
Massive thanks in advance to anyone who pitches in with this!
Recipe Challenge!*
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Skittlebrau
Recipe Challenge!*
Last edited by Skittlebrau on Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:17 am, edited 1 time in total.
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I'd do a nice stout. Amber & roast go nice together - 400g of each will give you a colour not far off a guinness. Balance with some sweetness with crystal 400g. 800g flaked barkey will give you a mouthfeel/thickness you need in a stout.
23L Stout
4.20 Kg MO pale malt
0.80 Kg Flaked Barley
0.40 Kg Roast barley
0.40 Kg Amber
0.40 Kg Crystal
Use nelson sauvin for bitterness as it's higher AA. A small late addition of cascade, but not too much required in a stout IMO.
30g for 60 minutes Nelson sauvin
20g for 15 minutes cascade
Original Gravity: 1.056
Final Gravity: 1.016
Alcohol Content: 5.2% ABV
Bitterness: 43 EBU
Colour: 184 EBC
23L Stout
4.20 Kg MO pale malt
0.80 Kg Flaked Barley
0.40 Kg Roast barley
0.40 Kg Amber
0.40 Kg Crystal
Use nelson sauvin for bitterness as it's higher AA. A small late addition of cascade, but not too much required in a stout IMO.
30g for 60 minutes Nelson sauvin
20g for 15 minutes cascade
Original Gravity: 1.056
Final Gravity: 1.016
Alcohol Content: 5.2% ABV
Bitterness: 43 EBU
Colour: 184 EBC
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Zephiacus
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For a good pale ale with a bit of malt character i'd go for,
3500g Pale Malt
500g Amber
250g Pale crystal
Bittered to about 30 ibu with nelson savin with the cascade all chucked in near the end, maybe 30g 10 mins then the rest at flame out.
That should come out around 4% so would be a good wee session beer methinks!
3500g Pale Malt
500g Amber
250g Pale crystal
Bittered to about 30 ibu with nelson savin with the cascade all chucked in near the end, maybe 30g 10 mins then the rest at flame out.
That should come out around 4% so would be a good wee session beer methinks!
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Skittlebrau
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I made Kipling for my first brew, came out awesome. Also used 15g for this.
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Skittlebrau
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What about this then?
Gone with Zephiacus' recipe with the addition of some wheat malt for head retention. Really excited about this now!
Substitute Creature (Special/Best/Premium Bitter)
Original Gravity (OG): 1.040 (°P): 10.0
Final Gravity (FG): 1.008 (°P): 2.1
Alcohol (ABV): 4.19 %
Colour (SRM): 7.6 (EBC): 14.9
Bitterness (IBU): 34.0 (Average)
74.13% Maris Otter Malt
11.77% Amber Malt
8.21% Wheat Malt
5.89% Crystal 30
0.8 g/L Nelson Sauvin (12.7% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil)
1.2 g/L Cascade (7% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil)
1 g/L Cascade (7% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Aroma)
Single step Infusion at 67°C for 90 Minutes. Boil for 60 Minutes
Fermented at 18°C with Safale S-04
Recipe Generated with BrewMate
Gone with Zephiacus' recipe with the addition of some wheat malt for head retention. Really excited about this now!
Substitute Creature (Special/Best/Premium Bitter)
Original Gravity (OG): 1.040 (°P): 10.0
Final Gravity (FG): 1.008 (°P): 2.1
Alcohol (ABV): 4.19 %
Colour (SRM): 7.6 (EBC): 14.9
Bitterness (IBU): 34.0 (Average)
74.13% Maris Otter Malt
11.77% Amber Malt
8.21% Wheat Malt
5.89% Crystal 30
0.8 g/L Nelson Sauvin (12.7% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil)
1.2 g/L Cascade (7% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil)
1 g/L Cascade (7% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Aroma)
Single step Infusion at 67°C for 90 Minutes. Boil for 60 Minutes
Fermented at 18°C with Safale S-04
Recipe Generated with BrewMate
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Zephiacus
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Looks good! I prob would have included the wheat malt had i known you had it 1st time round!
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barney
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I would swap round the amber and pale crystal percentages. I know that the other way round will work very well as thats a recipe I have used with tremendous success. it is great even when young . Depending on the age of the Cascade it may not be worthwhile using it as an aroma addition. It loses its aroma potential faster than ANY hop grown. 6 mnths old (even stored under ideal conditions)and 60% of the aroma potential is gone.
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DeGarre
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Well, chuck in 150g then for head retention.Skittlebrau wrote:... forgot the Wheat Malt!
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Skittlebrau
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Hey Barney - missed your advice until it was too late. Brewed yesterday! I'll see what I think and then perhaps swap round next time.
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stringy
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If you want a nice malty pale, then switch out your base malt for munich malt. I love using it as a base malt.