First Custom Recipe- Feedback?

cyberbackpacker · Sep 16, 2008

6.00 lbs Munich Malts
1.25 lbs Crystal 40L
1.00 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row)
0.75 lbs Crystal 60 L
0.50 oz Galena First Wort Hop
0.25 Centennial at 45 minutes
0.25 oz Tettnang at 10 minutes
Wyeast 1056

Any feedback, alterations, etc? Looking to brew tonight or tomorrow and looking for a good session/house ale for mid November.

Orfy · Sep 16, 2008

What are you aiming for.

In my opinion that's a fair bit of crystal.
You can use up to 20% crystal but I don't go that high. usually up to 10%

Just my opinion.
It depends what you are trying to achieve.

BierMuncher · Sep 16, 2008

Looks like a malty octoberfest style. What is the OG and the IBU's?

cyberbackpacker · Sep 16, 2008

BM that is what I was shooting for- essentially an oktober-ale; est OG is 1.048 and 35 ibu's.

Orfy, any recommendations then to maintain the malt characteristic? Maybe use some Vienna?

BierMuncher · Sep 16, 2008

cyberbackpacker said:
BM that is what I was shooting for- essentially an oktober-ale; est OG is 1.048 and 35 ibu's.

Orfy, any recommendations then to maintain the malt characteristic? Maybe use some Vienna?

With Munich as your base. I think you've got all the malt profile you can handle.

jacksonbrown · Sep 16, 2008

I would think that with all the Munich you can drop some of the crystal (maybe make em 3/4# each?). And maybe lower the IBU's to the mid 20's? That's just me though, it seems like a high BU:GU ratio if you're looking for a malty oktober brew.

Bob · Sep 17, 2008

I'd definitely reduce the crystal amounts. You don't want to use too much crystal in Festbier; those flavors are more appropriate in Bock.

Bob

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