I'm planning my next brew to be a "Biscuit Brown Ale" I love the flavor of that biscuit malt, so this is my attempt to see how well I can push that flavor forward. Then, my homebrew club decided to do a "Strange brew" competition, so I thought I might just take the idea of this recipe and make it a bit "strange" by adding some real biscuits to it. The original idea was to get some English muffins, toast them, maybe add a bit of honey, and then toss them straight into the mash. Then, I discovered that there's a major difference between English biscuits and American biscuits; apparently an English biscuit is more like what Americans would call a cookie. Rather than source some pre-made, I found an English biscuit recipe and made a test batch. They're good and a lot sweeter and less bready than I originally thought they might be. The recipe for the biscuits I used is:
0.5 cup all purpose flour
1.5 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 stick butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup milk
dash of vanilla extract
These things were pretty good, but i'm a bit concerned about putting them in the beer due to the milk and the butter present in the biscuits. I'm right to be worried about this right? Is there anything i might do to substitute these ingredients to something that would be better to have in a beer? I think for the beer biscuits i could easily sub out the milk for water, but i'm not sure what to do about the butter... any suggestions?
Here's my beer recipe:
7 lbs Maris Otter Pale malt
2 lbs Biscuit malt
1 lb brown malt
0.5 lb crystal 80L
0.5 lb crystal 120L
0.25 de-bittered black
Hops will be 0.75 oz. Amarillo at 60 min and then 1.0 oz. Cascades at 15 min.
Again, i want to add the biscuits into this during the mash, but i don't want that addition to mess up the whole beer. Maybe i should just stick with the American English muffin idea? Thoughts?
0.5 cup all purpose flour
1.5 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 stick butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup milk
dash of vanilla extract
These things were pretty good, but i'm a bit concerned about putting them in the beer due to the milk and the butter present in the biscuits. I'm right to be worried about this right? Is there anything i might do to substitute these ingredients to something that would be better to have in a beer? I think for the beer biscuits i could easily sub out the milk for water, but i'm not sure what to do about the butter... any suggestions?
Here's my beer recipe:
7 lbs Maris Otter Pale malt
2 lbs Biscuit malt
1 lb brown malt
0.5 lb crystal 80L
0.5 lb crystal 120L
0.25 de-bittered black
Hops will be 0.75 oz. Amarillo at 60 min and then 1.0 oz. Cascades at 15 min.
Again, i want to add the biscuits into this during the mash, but i don't want that addition to mess up the whole beer. Maybe i should just stick with the American English muffin idea? Thoughts?