puttin4doh
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Hey All,
So, after getting used to my all-grain setup, I've been trying to put together an American Pale Ale recipe. I tried one a few months ago, but didn't really think too much about the ratio of Crystal malts in my grain bill. Looking back, it was around 23%, and was WAY too sweet. Even with an OG/IBU ratio around .80. So, I'm trying to wrap my head around that ratio and how to bring the malt and color into some of these recipes. I've read that maybe Munich malts are the better way go for the malt backbone I want. (Then a small amount of crystals to hit the color)
I'm just a little tentative to go for 15-20% Munich after what happened with first batch. So what kind of recipes have worked for you guys?
Here's what I'm thinking this time. Does this seem like a fairly decent grain bill? How about the IBUs, is this in the ballpark?
American Pale
72% Efficiency
OG - 1.059
FG - 1.013
SRM - 9
IBU - 44
Bitterness - .75
10 lb - 2-Row Pale 81.3%
2 lb - Munich 9L 16.2%
.3 lb - Crystal 120L 2.5%
.5 Nugget @ 60 min
1.0 Cascade @ 20 min
.5 Centennial @ 10 min
.5 Cascade @ 10 min
1.5 Cascade @ flameout
.5 Centennial @ flameout
Any help is much appreciated!
Puttin
So, after getting used to my all-grain setup, I've been trying to put together an American Pale Ale recipe. I tried one a few months ago, but didn't really think too much about the ratio of Crystal malts in my grain bill. Looking back, it was around 23%, and was WAY too sweet. Even with an OG/IBU ratio around .80. So, I'm trying to wrap my head around that ratio and how to bring the malt and color into some of these recipes. I've read that maybe Munich malts are the better way go for the malt backbone I want. (Then a small amount of crystals to hit the color)
I'm just a little tentative to go for 15-20% Munich after what happened with first batch. So what kind of recipes have worked for you guys?
Here's what I'm thinking this time. Does this seem like a fairly decent grain bill? How about the IBUs, is this in the ballpark?
American Pale
72% Efficiency
OG - 1.059
FG - 1.013
SRM - 9
IBU - 44
Bitterness - .75
10 lb - 2-Row Pale 81.3%
2 lb - Munich 9L 16.2%
.3 lb - Crystal 120L 2.5%
.5 Nugget @ 60 min
1.0 Cascade @ 20 min
.5 Centennial @ 10 min
.5 Cascade @ 10 min
1.5 Cascade @ flameout
.5 Centennial @ flameout
Any help is much appreciated!
Puttin