I am in the prep stages of attempting my first home brew. While being patient and putting together all of my equipment, etc., I have been reading obsessively and watching many, many videos on the process. I feel like I have a reasonably good grip on how and why the process works the way that it does. I realize that my plan is a bit more than most people take on for their first brew, but I'm already bored with the idea of an all-extract brew, despite not having tried one on my own yet.
My original plan was to follow this Two Hearted extract clone recipe:
1 lbs. Briess Caramel 40°L
9⅓ lbs. Gold Light LME
1 oz. Centennial (60 minutes)
1 oz. Centennial (20 minutes)
2 oz. Centennial (5 minutes)
1 oz. Centennial Hops
1 pkg. Wyeast #1084 Irish Ale Yeast (with basic starter, ½ cup light DME, 750ml H20)
... Using the "late addition" technique for the last half of the extract, and (at least) a 3.5 gallon boil.
Then, while reading some info originally printed in BYO (referenced here https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f37/10-tips-better-extract-brewing-100861/) I have decided to replace some of the extract with grains. So, my question is, can I use ~4lb. of pale malt to replace 2.9lb. of the lme? In other words, can I only use two (3.3 lb.) cans of lme, and replace the remainder of the malt with the steeped grain wort?
Now, I completely realize that, as a rookie, I should be applying the "KISS" method here, but I'm just not content with that. I've read Palmer's How to Brew cover to cover, not that I understood every single sentence, along with Mr. Papazian's Bible. I know that I have an enormous amount to learn, but I want to go ahead and start off jumping off the "medium dive".
Thanks in advance.
My original plan was to follow this Two Hearted extract clone recipe:
1 lbs. Briess Caramel 40°L
9⅓ lbs. Gold Light LME
1 oz. Centennial (60 minutes)
1 oz. Centennial (20 minutes)
2 oz. Centennial (5 minutes)
1 oz. Centennial Hops
1 pkg. Wyeast #1084 Irish Ale Yeast (with basic starter, ½ cup light DME, 750ml H20)
... Using the "late addition" technique for the last half of the extract, and (at least) a 3.5 gallon boil.
Then, while reading some info originally printed in BYO (referenced here https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f37/10-tips-better-extract-brewing-100861/) I have decided to replace some of the extract with grains. So, my question is, can I use ~4lb. of pale malt to replace 2.9lb. of the lme? In other words, can I only use two (3.3 lb.) cans of lme, and replace the remainder of the malt with the steeped grain wort?
Now, I completely realize that, as a rookie, I should be applying the "KISS" method here, but I'm just not content with that. I've read Palmer's How to Brew cover to cover, not that I understood every single sentence, along with Mr. Papazian's Bible. I know that I have an enormous amount to learn, but I want to go ahead and start off jumping off the "medium dive".
Thanks in advance.