BeerKillLogic
Well-Known Member
Greetings all!
Just as a background this will be my 3rd homebrew ever. 1st was a pale ale, second was a porter, and now this....
This recipe is not actually that of my own, it started out as the Mill Run Stout by John Palmer in How To Brew. Originally I wanted to do a chocolate stout, but couldn't find a recipe I felt confident in, so I wanted to use his stout. He mentions replacing chocolate malts with either malt in the recipe or adding additionally adding chocolate malt. So I opted to use Chocolate malt in place of roasted barely, so I understand technically speaking this is not a stout.
Also the recipe called for pale malt DME, and my LHBS did not have that so I went with Briess Golden Light DME. Is this the equivalence of pale malt or something different all together?
So with all that said. The recipe is not exact and this will be my first time not following a recipe to the T.
I would like to hear what you guys all think of the recipe and if there is any tweaking I can, or should do. (keeping in mind a trip to the LHBS again is not likely going to happen soon)
What style of beer does this more closely fall into? Porter? Stout? Maybe just a generic dark ale? Who knows...
The recipe:
6.6lbs briess golden light DME
0.5lb crystal 60L malt
0.5 chocolate malt
0.75oz Nugget
1oz Fuggles
White labs WLP004
OG for 5 gallons 1.054
Just as a background this will be my 3rd homebrew ever. 1st was a pale ale, second was a porter, and now this....
This recipe is not actually that of my own, it started out as the Mill Run Stout by John Palmer in How To Brew. Originally I wanted to do a chocolate stout, but couldn't find a recipe I felt confident in, so I wanted to use his stout. He mentions replacing chocolate malts with either malt in the recipe or adding additionally adding chocolate malt. So I opted to use Chocolate malt in place of roasted barely, so I understand technically speaking this is not a stout.
Also the recipe called for pale malt DME, and my LHBS did not have that so I went with Briess Golden Light DME. Is this the equivalence of pale malt or something different all together?
So with all that said. The recipe is not exact and this will be my first time not following a recipe to the T.
I would like to hear what you guys all think of the recipe and if there is any tweaking I can, or should do. (keeping in mind a trip to the LHBS again is not likely going to happen soon)
What style of beer does this more closely fall into? Porter? Stout? Maybe just a generic dark ale? Who knows...
The recipe:
6.6lbs briess golden light DME
0.5lb crystal 60L malt
0.5 chocolate malt
0.75oz Nugget
1oz Fuggles
White labs WLP004
OG for 5 gallons 1.054