SMaSH extract recipe??

My last order from Morebeer was about $5 short of being at the free shipping level, so I added 5 lbs of German Pilsner extract to throw it over the top. Now I'm trying to come up with a recipe for it, and I thought it might be fun to try an extract version of a SMaSH recipe. I realize I don't know for sure if the extract is made with 100% pilsner malt, so it may or may not be a true single malt recipe, but I like to look at the glass as half full, so I'll just assume that it is 100% pilsner malt. I'm also tyring to do it with the hops I have on hand, and Crystal seemed the most appropriate to the style. That being said, what say you to this recipe?

5 lbs German Pilsner extract
1.5 oz Crystal (4.4 AA) 60 min
1 oz Crystal (4.4 AA) 5 min

Assuming a 2 gallon boil Pro Mash puts me at 5.4 SRM and 27.6 IBUs

I don't have the ability to lager and I have US-05, Nottingham, and Wyeast 1028 on hand. I was thinking I'd do the US-05 and ferment on the cooler side (I have a closet that stays pretty cool, so I can probably keept it around 60).

Thoughts?

Technically I think the whole SMaSH idea is to litterally use only one malt, i.e. the pilsner malt, without any crystal. Otherwise sounds good, I like the safale (cleaner taste) and at 60 it should do just fine. Let us know how it turns out! I've had my Maris Otter/Fuggles in the jug for a week now, very curious to see how it is

mike

I think he means he has crystal hops not crystal malt

HBDrinker008 said:

I think he means he has crystal hops not crystal malt

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I did indeed. The malt is pilsner, the hop is crystal

I am Currently boiling 3 Pounds of German Pilsner extract, 1 oz Crystal Hops and 3 gallons of water...I'm going for about a 35 minute boil and late addition of 1/2 the extract and 1 oz of hops for the last 5 minutes.
I will be using some washed US-05 Ale Yeast.

The smell is KILLER!
I need to go add Hops, But I'll post back if you will.

Awesome, sounds like we are brewing up almost the exact same recipe. I'm bringing my water to a boil right now (I'll be doing late addition on about half of my malt as well). Since we are relatively close perhaps we should exchange a couple of bottles once our brews are complete and see how they compare.

Moved to secondary today. Even though I tried to keep the temps on the low side I am still getting a lot of the fruity ale scents. But even so it smells and tastes really good.

sweetness. i'm racking my latest SMaSH (munich and EKG) this weekend

Bottled this on Monday. This cleared up better then any beer I have brewed so far. It is a beautiful light color, and it tastes great. This will be an awesome beer to drink on a hot summer day. Can't wait to see how it tastes after 3 weeks in the bottle and a nice chill in the fridge.

This really did turn out wonderfully. An awesome, highly quaffable session beer. A beautiful straw color, smells sweet and citrusy. Tastes sweet very slightly malty with strong hints of grapefruit. I wouldn't change a thing if I were to brew this again (and I most likely will!!).

FWIW, I'm almost certain that a Pilsner extract is 100%-pils (at least a good one will be). I mean, the idea is that you can use it to MAKE a pils, and most Pils recipes have very simple grain bills.