DuffmanAK

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Hello folks, so I made the following recipe and it's sitting in primary now. I was looking and I seem to almost have enough ingredients for another batch. Only thing I am missing is the 2 lb of Amber dry malt extract. I'm thinking to pickup another type of dry malt extract, just experiement a little, but not really sure what would go well with this recipe (and how much).


3-4 lb. Pale malt extract syrup, unhopped
2 lb. Amber dry malt extract
12 AAU of bittering hops (any variety) For example, 1 oz. of 12% AA Nugget, or 1.5 oz. of 8% AA Perle
5 AAU of finishing hops (Cascade or other) For example, 1 oz. of 5% Cascade or 1.25 oz. of 4% Liberty

Yields about 5 gallons

Suggestions welcome

bradsul

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If you have access to it, some munich extract would work well and add a nice malty flavour.

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DuffmanAK

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How much? Just replace the amber with munich, so 2lbs?

bradsul

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Sounds tasty to me, I'd drink it!

It'll be very different from the original recipe but it will be really nice regardless.

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Hoosierbrewer

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What bout light DME and then steep some crystal?

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Primary: IPA
Secondary: empty
Keg 1: American Wheat
Keg2: German Ale
Next up: Christmas Old Ale, American Wheat AG, need suggestions

DuffmanAK

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Keep in mind this'll be my second batch ever, so trying to keep it simple (and only change 1 ingredient).

Beerthoven

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Instead of buying the amber extract, get yourself another 1 or 2 lbs. of light extract, 1# of crystal 40 (crushed), and a steeping bag. Steeping is quite easy to do (no harder than making tea) and once you do it you'll be glad you did. I've never made an extract batch without steeping grains.

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Primary/Secondary:

Kegged: #77 Newcastle Brown, #79 California Common, #80 Old Bushy Tail Special Bitter

Planned: American IPA, Dusseldorf Alt, American Amber

I use secondaries!

DuffmanAK

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Ahhh ok, so crystal is a type of hops?

Beerthoven

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Well, there are Crystal hops, but I was referring to Crystal Malt (sometimes also called Caramel Malt). You would get the Crytal Malt from your homebrew supply shop and have them crush it.

Crystal malt comes in a variety of colors & flavors (from very light to very dark) and it adds a great deal of flavor, aroma, and color to brews. It is one of the most commonly used character grains, especially in extract brews.

This is a description of the different types of malts:
http://www.howtobrew.com/section2/chapter12-1.html

This is a nice description of the steeping process:
http://www.howtobrew.com/section2/chapter13.html

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Primary/Secondary:

Kegged: #77 Newcastle Brown, #79 California Common, #80 Old Bushy Tail Special Bitter

Planned: American IPA, Dusseldorf Alt, American Amber

I use secondaries!

DuffmanAK

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Ahhh ok, I'll check my LHBS. Sadly, though my LHBS is basically a few shelves in the back of a nice liquor store with some supplies on it. Not an overly grand selection.