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Hey dudes. Check this site out: http://blog.flaminio.net/blogs/index.php/beer/beer-tasting/bells-two-hearted-ale Use extract and steep some crystal 20 or 40 (maybe 0.5 - 0.75lb?). Go hard on the late hops and dry hops. Its a hoppy beer! :mug:

Cascades have wonderful flavor and aroma. Why waste them as a bittering hop? The flavours & aromas will be boiled off. Get a nice general purpose bittering hop (e.g Magnum) and save your Cascades for the late additions :)

if you want to keep it crisp, drop the crystal to 1/2 - 3/4lb and mash LOW like 149 - 150F. also drop the candi sugar.. thats a weird addition for this kind of recipe

Hi J8D I think drop the crystal and you will be closer. Most of these dry lagers do not have any crystal in them. Something like this would be nice i think: 70% Pils malt 30% Rice Mash really low like 148/149F for 90mins and boil for 90mins Hop to about 20ibu's cheers

according to these links, Ryton appears to be safe for hot liquids and food safe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryton http://www.corrotherm.com/ct-500.htm but i could be wrong

thats a good point

maybe I misheard but I swear he said 1/2lb per bbl for dry hopping and 2:1 ratio. so for a 6 gal batch: 8oz/31.5gal = 0.254oz per gallon 0.254oz x 6 gallon = 1.52oz of centennial 1.52oz x 2 = 3.04oz of cascade Does that sound right? Cheers

I think drop the carapils and special B because its really out of place in an english beer. The crystal 40 will be ok, but for authenticity, use some Simpsons, Bairds or Thomas Fawcett english crystal.

Looks mighty tasty mate! I'd be tempted to move that 20min addition a bit later for more aroma & flavor. Like: 1oz @ 10min 1oz @ 0min You'd have to increase your bittering addition slightly. Other than that, looks good! Cheers, Jim

Just increase your 60 minute addition to match the ibu's and leave everything else the same

Here's what I'm doing Dry Stout Original Gravity (OG): 1.045 Colour (SRM): 36.1 Bitterness (IBU): 38.6 70% Maris Otter Malt (Bairds) 20% Flaked Barley 7% English Roasted Barley (Bairds) 3% English Chocolate malt (Bairds) 2.6 g/l East Kent Golding (4.7% Alpha) @ 90 Minutes...

yeah dont worry about the carapils or patent. what you want falls in to the American Stout category methinks. This is wahat Jamil Z. does and its awesome: 6gal/70% eff o.g. 1.072 15.0lb 2-row 1.00lb roast barley 0.75lb chocolate malt 0.75lb crystal 40 whatever hops @ 60 Whatever hops @ 5...

waaay too complex for a session apa IMO. Do you like beers like SNPA and Mirror Pond? They only use 2-row + Crystal. For the hopping, using all that cascade and centennial for bittering is such a waste and arnt the best hops for bittering as they can be a bit harsh... i recommend Horizon or...

I agree with adx, the recipe is a bit over complicated. But in regards to your roasted malts, I think you should remove the roasted barley because it doesn't belong in a porter and I think you should make is 0.5lb chocolate malt and maybe 0.25lb Carafa. If you are interested, here is a recipe...

i reckon go for it. It will be interesting to see what that Belgian 2-row is like