I've thought about a good recipe that will use up some of the ingredients in the house for a while now, and I'd appreciate some feedback. Is the crystal malt level too high, since together the Medium Crystal, CaraPils and Special B total 11% of the malt? Also, I have an ounce of Chinook in the fridge right now and built the hop schedule around that, so I can be pretty flexible there.
Here is the recipe that I created in Hopville:
Batch size: 5.0 gallons
Original Gravity
1.053
Final Gravity
1.013
Color
20° SRM (Light Brown to Medium Brown)
Mash Efficiency
75%
Bitterness
39.8 IBU
BU:GU
0.75
Alcohol
5.3% ABV / 4% ABW
Calories
174 per 12 oz.
malt & fermentables
% LB OZ Malt or Fermentable ppg °L
51% 5 0 American Two-row Pale 37 1 ~
31% 3 0 Vienna Malt 36 3 ~
8% 0 12 Pale Chocolate Malt 34 165 ~
5% 0 8 English Crystal, 50-60 34 55 ~
3% 0 4 Weyermann CaraPils 33 4 ~
3% 0 4 Belgian Special B 30 220 ~
hops
use time oz variety form aa
FWH 60+ mins 0.5 Chinook pellet 13.0
boil 20 mins 0.5 Amarillo pellet 7.0
boil 20 mins 0.5 Chinook pellet 13.0
boil 10 mins 0.5 Amarillo pellet 7.0
boil 1 min 1.0 Chinook pellet 13.0
dry 7 days 1.0 Amarillo pellet 7.0
yeast
Safale US-05 Dry Yeast
misc
use time amount ingredient
boil 15 min 1 tsp Irish Moss
primary 21 days 1 ea Clarity-Ferm
Here is the recipe that I created in Hopville:
Batch size: 5.0 gallons
Original Gravity
1.053
Final Gravity
1.013
Color
20° SRM (Light Brown to Medium Brown)
Mash Efficiency
75%
Bitterness
39.8 IBU
BU:GU
0.75
Alcohol
5.3% ABV / 4% ABW
Calories
174 per 12 oz.
malt & fermentables
% LB OZ Malt or Fermentable ppg °L
51% 5 0 American Two-row Pale 37 1 ~
31% 3 0 Vienna Malt 36 3 ~
8% 0 12 Pale Chocolate Malt 34 165 ~
5% 0 8 English Crystal, 50-60 34 55 ~
3% 0 4 Weyermann CaraPils 33 4 ~
3% 0 4 Belgian Special B 30 220 ~
hops
use time oz variety form aa
FWH 60+ mins 0.5 Chinook pellet 13.0
boil 20 mins 0.5 Amarillo pellet 7.0
boil 20 mins 0.5 Chinook pellet 13.0
boil 10 mins 0.5 Amarillo pellet 7.0
boil 1 min 1.0 Chinook pellet 13.0
dry 7 days 1.0 Amarillo pellet 7.0
yeast
Safale US-05 Dry Yeast
misc
use time amount ingredient
boil 15 min 1 tsp Irish Moss
primary 21 days 1 ea Clarity-Ferm