rafaelpinto
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Hey fellows,
you guys dont seem to like a lot of crystal malt on your imperial stout recipes. Personally, I dont like dry imperial stouts that only focus on coffee notes. I tried Breakfast Stout and it did not impress me.
SO, if the intention is to brew a strong caramel, sweet chocolate flavored Imperial Stout, a little on the sweeter side, is it ok to use 15% of crystal and caramel malts on the grain bill? For exemple: 5% crystal 120, 5% special B and 5% dark caramel.
What if I also want strong biscuity, bready notes? Is it ok to replace 15-20% of base malt with something like Crystal 40, Carared or Caramunich I?
Of course it will have lots of unfermentable sugars - but it is ok, I dont mind finishing around 1035 (FG). Maybe this huge amounts of complex malts would require some diastatic malt (another 10%)?
What % of darker malts would you suggest to balance this thing up? Keep in mind that I dont want strong coffee flavors. Something like 10% Chocolate Malt + 5% Black Malt will be ok or too much?
THIS IS MY REFFERENCE:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98eMRFE5CyU[/ame]
you guys dont seem to like a lot of crystal malt on your imperial stout recipes. Personally, I dont like dry imperial stouts that only focus on coffee notes. I tried Breakfast Stout and it did not impress me.
SO, if the intention is to brew a strong caramel, sweet chocolate flavored Imperial Stout, a little on the sweeter side, is it ok to use 15% of crystal and caramel malts on the grain bill? For exemple: 5% crystal 120, 5% special B and 5% dark caramel.
What if I also want strong biscuity, bready notes? Is it ok to replace 15-20% of base malt with something like Crystal 40, Carared or Caramunich I?
Of course it will have lots of unfermentable sugars - but it is ok, I dont mind finishing around 1035 (FG). Maybe this huge amounts of complex malts would require some diastatic malt (another 10%)?
What % of darker malts would you suggest to balance this thing up? Keep in mind that I dont want strong coffee flavors. Something like 10% Chocolate Malt + 5% Black Malt will be ok or too much?
THIS IS MY REFFERENCE:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98eMRFE5CyU[/ame]