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07-24-2009, 05:41 PM
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Light yet Flavorful Summer Beer???
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I don't have software installed at work and I was going to the brew store after work and don't have time to punch this in for exact specs, but this is what I was thinking of. Looking for just a light bodied cheap summer ale with a little character to it.
3lb DME
8oz Honey Malt
4 oz Special Roast
8 oz Flaked Corn
8 oz Flaked Rice
1 lb Two Row
8oz Pilsner malt
8 oz Flaked Wheat
Safale US-05
Zeus Hops 2 oz (.5 @60, .5 @ 30, .5 @ 15, .5 @ flameout)
Any thoughts on why this would be a bad mix or things to change?
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07-24-2009, 06:20 PM
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You will be pretty close on your enzymes (equal amounts base malt and adjuncts), if you can fit it I would swap out the pils for another pound of two-row.
Other than that should be a tasty beer.
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07-24-2009, 06:57 PM
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What about using a touch of 6 row? I've never used it so I have no idea what it will change, but it does have more ability to convert right?
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07-24-2009, 07:18 PM
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6-row does have more diastatic power, but compared to American 2-row it is pretty close. Go easy on it though, because it has a higher ratio of husk to starch it can give a husky/grainy flavor that most people don't care for (1-2 pounds shouldn't be an issue though).
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Last edited by Oldsock; 07-24-2009 at 07:48 PM.
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07-25-2009, 02:18 PM
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I'd ditch the Pilsner and the rice, double up the corn and add a pound of 2-row.
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07-26-2009, 01:15 AM
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well, i ditched the pilsner and added 8oz of 6 row. I've never used Zeus or really any other Super Hop, this batch was 16.4 AA. I had to scale down my hop additions a lot with the late DME addition to keep the IBU's below 50. Started fermenting today and the smell of those hops is filling the little room that it's in.
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07-31-2009, 07:46 PM
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I've been trying to keep it around 70, but it crept up to 73 and I put a frozen 2ltr of water in the fermentation box i have it in and it dropped it to like 65. Why kind of off flavors can swinging temperatures result in? Also, is it bad if a lot of the leaf hop material didn't get sifted out? I was trying to use a funnel with screen but it just wasn't flowing well so I took the screen out. So know there is a significant amount of hop material in the top of the carboy in the krauzen.
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