Hi All,
I will be making the White House Honey Ale as an all grain soon, but I can't really get Amber malt where I am (Japan). I am having some biscuit malt sent from the states soon, so I have that covered, but I was hoping to use ingredients that I can buy here for the rest of it.
The original recipe (extract) is:
INGREDIENTS
2 (3.3 lb) cans light malt extract
1 lb light dried malt extract
12 oz crushed amber crystal malt
8 oz Biscuit Malt
1 lb White House Honey
1 ½ oz Kent Goldings Hop Pellets
1 ½ oz Fuggles Hop pellets
2 tsp gypsum
1 pkg Windsor dry ale yeast
¾ cup corn sugar for priming
But the Northern Brewer extract kit comes with:
SPECIALTY GRAIN
- 0.75 lbs English Medium Crystal Malt (according to their website this is 50-60° L)
- 0.5 lbs Belgian Biscuit Mal
So my problem is that I can't get "English Medium Crystal Malt" nor "amber crystal malt" here.
I can get Crystal 15/40/60 though. Some people have said that the best sub for Amber is biscuit/victory, but since the recipe calls for that already I think using it would make a fairly one dimensional beer.
I am currently just planning on using crystal 40° or 60° but I wanted to see what other people thought before making the decision.
Here is what I am thinking right now:
Ingredients:
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Amt Name
2.00 tsp Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 45.0 mins)
3.40 kg Maris Otter (Crisp) (7.9 EBC)
0.34 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (118.2 EBC)
0.23 kg Biscuit Malt (45.3 EBC)
42.0 g Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 45.0
42.0 g Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 1.0 min
1.0 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04)
0.45 kg Honey
Any ideas?
For reference the only kinds of grain I can get are:
2-row
Pilsner
Munich Malt
Vienna Malt
Maris Otter Pale Malt (this is my standard base malt)
Crisp Malting Pale Ale Malt
Wheat Malt
WEYERMANN Smoked Malt
Crystal 15/40/60/75/150
CaraRed
Munton's Chocolate Malt
Black Malt
Roasted Barley
Flaked Barley
Flaked Oats
Flaked Rye
Rice Hulls
This is a complete list. Every single recipe I make has to use these grains exclusively, unless I want to pay to have it shipped internationally.