help with a grain bill

My brother and i was talk about the scifi/fantasy genre steam punk and it inspired me to do a beer. Id like to do a cal common but as we all know in steam punk the color brown is sexy. So naturally i want the steam punk beer to be brown. Not sure about the flavor and i dont realy care if its brewed to style. But brown is the color i want. Any ideas for an all-grain grain bill.

uncommonsense said:

My brother and i was talk about the scifi/fantasy genre steam punk and it inspired me to do a beer. Id like to do a cal common but as we all know in steam punk the color brown is sexy. So naturally i want the steam punk beer to be brown. Not sure about the flavor and i dont really care if its brewed to style. But brown is the color i want. Any ideas for an all-grain grain bill.

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You could do something like this:

Sexy Steam Punk
California Common Beer


Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 8.00 gal
Boil Time: 60 min


Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.00 lb Mild Malt - Ashburne (Briess) (5.3 SRM) Grain 30.77 %
4.00 lb Pale Malt (6 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 30.77 %
3.00 lb Brown Malt (65.0 SRM) Grain 23.08 %
2.00 lb Oats, Malted (Thomas Fawcett) (2.0 SRM) Grain 15.38 %
1.00 oz Amarillo [8.50 %] (60 min) Hops 31.5 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (10 min) Hops 7.4 IBU
2 Pkgs California Lager (Wyeast Labs #2112) Yeast-Lager



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.067 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.020 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.17 %
Bitterness: 38.8 IBU
Est Color: 20.5 SRM


Mash Profile

Double Infusion, Medium Body
30 min Protein Rest Add 11.70 qt of water at 132.1 F 122.0 F
30 min Saccrification Add 10.40 qt of water at 197.3 F 154.0 F
10 min Mash Out Add 9.10 qt of water at 205.6 F 168.0 F

Have a look at: http://www.brewersfriend.com/srm-calculator/

Build up a cali common (not a steam beer as anchor will sue you), and then maybe sneak some grains in to make it brown (brown malt, a touch of roast barley etc) until the calculator gives you the desired SRM

Vance71975 said:

You could do something like this:

Sexy Steam Punk
California Common Beer

Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 8.00 gal
Boil Time: 60 min

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.00 lb Mild Malt - Ashburne (Briess) (5.3 SRM) Grain 30.77 %
4.00 lb Pale Malt (6 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 30.77 %
3.00 lb Brown Malt (65.0 SRM) Grain 23.08 %
2.00 lb Oats, Malted (Thomas Fawcett) (2.0 SRM) Grain 15.38 %
1.00 oz Amarillo [8.50 %] (60 min) Hops 31.5 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (10 min) Hops 7.4 IBU
2 Pkgs California Lager (Wyeast Labs #2112) Yeast-Lager

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.067 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.020 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.17 %
Bitterness: 38.8 IBU
Est Color: 20.5 SRM

Mash Profile

Double Infusion, Medium Body
30 min Protein Rest Add 11.70 qt of water at 132.1 F 122.0 F
30 min Saccrification Add 10.40 qt of water at 197.3 F 154.0 F
10 min Mash Out Add 9.10 qt of water at 205.6 F 168.0 F

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I see what you did there. I like it. I also think id like to add some smoked malt, just enough to be noticeable but not like you drinking a bag of kingsford. I was thinking the cherrywood smoked malt from NB, any thoughts on how much