zeg
Well-Known Member
I put together a recipe for a PM Bock (5.5 gal):
8 lbs Munich LME (split between early and late)
2 lbs light Munich malt
1.5 lbs Caramel 20L
4 oz Melanoidin
25 IBU of Hallertauer Mittelfrüh
I just noticed that this comes out to a color of about 11 SRM, too light for the BJCP Traditional Bock guidelines. Normally I'd be fine with the minor style violation, but I'm doing a Doppelbock now and will do a Maibock after the Bock, so I'd like to keep the color progression intact.
I have some black roasted barley lying around from a previous batch, and 1-1.5 oz of this should put the color around 14 SRM, around the low end for bocks. According to the BJCP guidelines, some dark roasted malt for color adjustment is allowed, but no non-malt adjuncts should be used.
How big a "violation" would it be to go ahead with the tiny color adjustment? I know that roasted barley and barley malt are different, but with < 1.5 oz, is it going to be noticeable? I'd prefer to use a malt addition to hit the color, but it's not worth placing an order for a few oz of malt. There's no nearby LHBS, but I'll be near one next weekend, so I could pick it up then, but that'd mean delaying this brew by at least two weeks.
So I guess I wonder whether you'd (a) break style and use an ounce of black barley; (b) wait an extra couple weeks to get some dark malt; or (c) just run with the out-of-style color.
8 lbs Munich LME (split between early and late)
2 lbs light Munich malt
1.5 lbs Caramel 20L
4 oz Melanoidin
25 IBU of Hallertauer Mittelfrüh
I just noticed that this comes out to a color of about 11 SRM, too light for the BJCP Traditional Bock guidelines. Normally I'd be fine with the minor style violation, but I'm doing a Doppelbock now and will do a Maibock after the Bock, so I'd like to keep the color progression intact.
I have some black roasted barley lying around from a previous batch, and 1-1.5 oz of this should put the color around 14 SRM, around the low end for bocks. According to the BJCP guidelines, some dark roasted malt for color adjustment is allowed, but no non-malt adjuncts should be used.
How big a "violation" would it be to go ahead with the tiny color adjustment? I know that roasted barley and barley malt are different, but with < 1.5 oz, is it going to be noticeable? I'd prefer to use a malt addition to hit the color, but it's not worth placing an order for a few oz of malt. There's no nearby LHBS, but I'll be near one next weekend, so I could pick it up then, but that'd mean delaying this brew by at least two weeks.
So I guess I wonder whether you'd (a) break style and use an ounce of black barley; (b) wait an extra couple weeks to get some dark malt; or (c) just run with the out-of-style color.