MBM30075
Well-Known Member
After a 4 month break from brewing (work has been terrible!), I'm finally gonna brew again this weekend. (I'll also get my new iPad right in the middle of brewing to make it an absolutely perfect day. If I can drink a lot of beer and have sex, I might be ready to die ).
It's been a while, so I'm going with easy, all-extract batches. I wanted to see what people thought.
1st Batch - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Fermentables:
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3.3 lbs BrewFerm Grand Cru pre-Hopped Liquid Malt Extract
6.0 lbs Munton's Light DME
0.5 lbs Belgian Dark Candy Sugar
Yeast:
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1 vial White Labs WPL500 (trappist) liquid yeast
1 packet US-05 (clean, no flavor addition, but higher attenuation)
So, I've heard that Grand Cru's (which is only kind of what I'm trying to do) always have honey in them. Who thinks I should add some? How much? Also, the LME is pre-hopped, but I'm not sure what the stats are. Last year, I did this batch with 2 oz. of Spalt at 10 minutes. I'm thinking about going for an even less hopped beer and not adding hops other than what's in the LME. Thoughts?
2nd Batch - Light, crisp American IPA
Fermentables:
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3 lbs. Munton's Light DME
3 lbs. Munton's Amber DME
Yeast:
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1 packet US-05
Hops:
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1.0 oz. Magnum (~12%AA) for 60 mins.
0.5 oz. Cascade (~7%AA) for 15 mins.
0.5 oz. Cascade (~7%AA) for 10 mins.
0.5 oz. Cascade (~7%AA) for 5 mins.
0.5 oz. Cascade (~7%AA) @ flameout.
This is supposed to be a nice, simple, basic IPA recipe. I want a good amount of flavor (thus the 2 oz. Cascade), but not a "rip-your-tongue-off" IPA. Something crisp and clean, but with good hop flavor.
I'd love some feedback. I have 2 days to make changes to the recipe, however, all ingredients listed above are already purchased, so I'm really more interested in additions than subtractions.
Thanks!!!
It's been a while, so I'm going with easy, all-extract batches. I wanted to see what people thought.
1st Batch - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Fermentables:
****************************************************
3.3 lbs BrewFerm Grand Cru pre-Hopped Liquid Malt Extract
6.0 lbs Munton's Light DME
0.5 lbs Belgian Dark Candy Sugar
Yeast:
****************************************************
1 vial White Labs WPL500 (trappist) liquid yeast
1 packet US-05 (clean, no flavor addition, but higher attenuation)
So, I've heard that Grand Cru's (which is only kind of what I'm trying to do) always have honey in them. Who thinks I should add some? How much? Also, the LME is pre-hopped, but I'm not sure what the stats are. Last year, I did this batch with 2 oz. of Spalt at 10 minutes. I'm thinking about going for an even less hopped beer and not adding hops other than what's in the LME. Thoughts?
2nd Batch - Light, crisp American IPA
Fermentables:
****************************************************
3 lbs. Munton's Light DME
3 lbs. Munton's Amber DME
Yeast:
****************************************************
1 packet US-05
Hops:
****************************************************
1.0 oz. Magnum (~12%AA) for 60 mins.
0.5 oz. Cascade (~7%AA) for 15 mins.
0.5 oz. Cascade (~7%AA) for 10 mins.
0.5 oz. Cascade (~7%AA) for 5 mins.
0.5 oz. Cascade (~7%AA) @ flameout.
This is supposed to be a nice, simple, basic IPA recipe. I want a good amount of flavor (thus the 2 oz. Cascade), but not a "rip-your-tongue-off" IPA. Something crisp and clean, but with good hop flavor.
I'd love some feedback. I have 2 days to make changes to the recipe, however, all ingredients listed above are already purchased, so I'm really more interested in additions than subtractions.
Thanks!!!