Bilge_pump
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So I learned a lesson about grains yesterday brewing my second all-grain batch, a pumpkin imposter ale (used sweet potatoes instead). My homebrew shop is small, and I couldn't find plain ol' munich malt, but I did see something called "Caramunich I" on a shelf full of malts with the Cara- prefix (I still don't understand the difference between malts with the I, II, or III by them). So I threw in a pound of that in addition to seven pounds of pale malt and a pound of Carapils. Then of course there are the 3.5 lbs of canned yams I used in the mash.
My question is, having read that "cara/crystal" malts should be used sparingly, and that I have 16% of them in the mash (including the yams, discluding the yams they make up 22% of the bill), what can I expect from this beer? Is it going to be overly sweet? How is caramunich I different from munich?
I used about 1.75 oz. of hops (willamette + ekg) total in the 90 minute boil, along with 1 tsp of nutmeg and 2 of cinnamon. I added the juice from the can with 10 mins left in the boil.
Thanks for your input. Wish my HBS shop had more to offer.
My question is, having read that "cara/crystal" malts should be used sparingly, and that I have 16% of them in the mash (including the yams, discluding the yams they make up 22% of the bill), what can I expect from this beer? Is it going to be overly sweet? How is caramunich I different from munich?
I used about 1.75 oz. of hops (willamette + ekg) total in the 90 minute boil, along with 1 tsp of nutmeg and 2 of cinnamon. I added the juice from the can with 10 mins left in the boil.
Thanks for your input. Wish my HBS shop had more to offer.