The guy at the LHBS altered recipe, seem right?

I was originally converting the Centennial blonde recipe to 2.5 gallons so I cut the 5 gallon recipe in half. He suggested it looked weak, upped the grains and eliminated the caramel malt. I'll post below what I was going to get and what he suggested.

I was getting:
3.5# pale malt(he changed to 8.8#)
6oz cara pils(.5#)
4oz caramel malt(they eliminated this)
4oz vienna malt(changed to .48#)

Below is the original 5 gallon recipe:
Amount
7.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
0.75 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM)
0.50 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM)

Does this at all seem right to more experienced brewers? Thinking maybe there was a misunderstanding and he converted it to 5 gallons.

your original recipe looked right for a 2.5 gallon batch. so you ended up with 8.8# of base malt for 2.5 gallons or am i mis-reading?

i like his decision of cutting the caramel malt, but that really should be the brewer's decision, not that of the LHBS guy.

Yep, looks like a 5g recipe to me.


Just split it and brew 2 you can experiment with one. Maybe fruit?

I agree. It is my first AG batch but I've spent enough time on the forums to know a little bit. Guess I'll mix it thoroughly and make 2 batches of this with different hops.

progmac said:

...but that really should be the brewer's decision, not that of the LHBS guy.

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Agree.

Rosvineer said:

Yep, looks like a 5g recipe to me.


Just split it and brew 2 you can experiment with one. Maybe fruit?

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Strawberry sounds great! Thanks.

According to my version of Beersmith and assuming 75% efficiency:

The original 5-gallon recipe: OG = 1.047, SRM = 6.7

Your 2-gallon recipe: OG = 1.047, SRM = 4.2

Your 2-gallon recipe altered by the LHBS: OG = 1.106, SRM = 6.3

If the LHBS meant for the recipe to be 5-gallon: OG = 1.053, SRM = 3.9

I suspect he thought you meant a 5-gallon recipe instead of a 2.5-gallon recipe. Did you ask him to look over your recipe or did he take it upon himself to alter it himself?

Darwin18 said:

According to my version of Beersmith and assuming 75% efficiency:

The original 5-gallon recipe: OG = 1.047, SRM = 6.7

Your 2-gallon recipe: OG = 1.047, SRM = 4.2

Your 2-gallon recipe altered by the LHBS: OG = 1.106, SRM = 6.3

If the LHBS meant for the recipe to be 5-gallon: OG = 1.053, SRM = 3.9

I suspect he thought you meant a 5-gallon recipe instead of a 2.5-gallon recipe. Did you ask him to look over your recipe or did he take it upon himself to alter it himself?

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I asked him to take a look at it because I've never dealt with grains or milling them. My partials have been mail order.

Johnnyhamer said:

I asked him to take a look at it because I've never dealt with grains or milling them. My partials have been mail order.

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i think he provided solid advice on the recipe, he was just confused about the batch size.

Hops?

AnOldUR said:

Hops?

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Who needs 'em?

AnOldUR said:

Hops?

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0.25 oz Centennial [9.50%] (55 min)
0.25 oz Centennial [9.50%] (35 min)
0.25 oz Cascade [7.80%] (20 min)
0.25 oz Cascade [7.80%] (5 min)

That's for the 5 gallon recipe so I am going to cut that it half/

Since I will be making two batches of this I may experiment with citra in the other.

AnOldUR said:

Hops?

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Highly overrated....