Caramel/Crystal 10L Substitute (Brewing Tomorrow)

[Travestian]

A recipe I'm going to make from here calls for 2 lbs of Crystal 10L. I misread and saw the 60 min part of that line as Crystal 60L. So I ordered the wrong thing. I am brewing this in the morning and have no LHBS in my area. In my extra grains I have the following to try and substitute. What would you use? I'm thinking the 0.75 lb of 15L and 0.5 lb of Caravienne.

Type / Amount
Crystal 15L / 0.75 lb
Crystal 40L / 0.5 lb
Crystal 75L / 0.5 lb
CaraMunich / 1 lb
CaraVienne / 1 lb
CaraAmber / 1.5 lb
Special Roast / 1 lb

 

[badlee]

Use the 40 and 15 at 2/3 of the original amount?

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[LLBeanJ]

Yeah, your idea for subbing darker crystal for the C10 will be fine. I've brewed that recipe three times and I've always subbed out the C10 with C20 to give it a little extra caramel flavor.

 

[Travestian]

Yeah, your idea for subbing darker crystal for the C10 will be fine. I've brewed that recipe three times and I've always subbed out the C10 with C20 to give it a little extra caramel flavor.

Should I go with the full lb of the CaraVienne then? I'm perfectly ok with the slight color shift and more caramel flavor.

 

[LLBeanJ]

Go for it. That will work just fine for this recipe.