mighty arrow

New Belgium's web site says they use honey malt as the base for their mighty arrow but everyone says don't use more than 20% or it will be too much. I tried this recipe but don't taste honey at all. Don't know if I should use more or mash higher. Didn't get enough of the citrusy aroma and flavor either. Need to try another hop schedule. Any recommendations would be appreciated.I'm not even close with this.



7.50 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 78.95 %
1.00 lb Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 10.53 %
0.50 lb Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 5.26 %
0.50 lb Caramel Malt - 60L Organic (Briess) (60.0 SRM) Grain 5.26 %
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (60 min) Hops 19.0 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (30 min) Hops 12.6 IBU
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (20 min) Hops 6.4 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (10 min) Hops 4.9 IBU
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) Yeast-Ale



mashed at 149 for 60

I made a all honey malt beer, you will not find the honey unless you add honey or dilute the beer by 10X, then the honey is quite noticeable. What your seeing is that the honey malt flavor is very delicate. That's the reason you see recipes with only a small portion of honey malt. It does have a different name in Europe, it's called Brumalt