hop_head76
Well-Known Member
I was at the LHBS picking up the ingredients for brew day tomorrow and the guy asked if I would like some grains for free that were cracked for a customer which were combined when the customer wanted them kept seperate. Of course I said yes, who is going to turn down a free batch of beer! So after that long story here is my questions. What to do with this mixture?
10 Lbs - American 2-row
1 Lb - Crystal 60
1 Lb - Chocolate
1 Lb - Black Patent
I was all good until the 1 Pound of Black Patent. I can not mash anymore grains in my current set up, 13 lbs is maxed out. I will not be brewing this batch for a few weeks. So please throw some ideas at me. I am concerned about the roastiness not sure if sweetening it up a bit with maltodextrin, driving the hoppiness up to 60-70 IBUs or a combination of these/something else would help. If anyone has brewed with this much Black Patent before and can speak from experience on how this may or will turn out I would be glad to hear it?
10 Lbs - American 2-row
1 Lb - Crystal 60
1 Lb - Chocolate
1 Lb - Black Patent
I was all good until the 1 Pound of Black Patent. I can not mash anymore grains in my current set up, 13 lbs is maxed out. I will not be brewing this batch for a few weeks. So please throw some ideas at me. I am concerned about the roastiness not sure if sweetening it up a bit with maltodextrin, driving the hoppiness up to 60-70 IBUs or a combination of these/something else would help. If anyone has brewed with this much Black Patent before and can speak from experience on how this may or will turn out I would be glad to hear it?