justclancy
Well-Known Member
I know many people are fans of making IPAs with little or no crystal malt. I've never made one, but I'm looking to make one with about 2% crystal 60 and 98% MO. My question is, will this make a good beer with a decent malt backbone, or should I look into adding some Munich or Melanoiden malt?
What do the grain bills of your no crystal/little crystal IPAs look like?
Also, with a grain bill like this should I consider keeping the IBUs a little lower than normal? I like a bitter IPA but I'm not looking for something overwhelmingly bitter.
As of now the recipe looks like this.
18 Liters.
Yeast: US-05
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
4.63 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 97.5 %
0.12 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2 2.5 %
Perle [9.70 %] - Boil 60.0 min 13.5 IBUs
Simcoe [13.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min 11.3 IBUs
Simcoe [13.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min 13.1 IBUs
Centennial [6.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min 4.5 IBUs
Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 mins) -
Centennial [6.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min 2.9 IBUs
Simcoe [13.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min 3.8 IBUs
Centennial [6.50 %] - Boil 1.0 min 0.9 IBUs(22 g)
Simcoe [13.50 %] - Boil 1.0 min 1.3 IBUs(16 g)
And a couple ounces of dry hops (about 1 oz centennial 1 oz simcoe)
What do the grain bills of your no crystal/little crystal IPAs look like?
Also, with a grain bill like this should I consider keeping the IBUs a little lower than normal? I like a bitter IPA but I'm not looking for something overwhelmingly bitter.
As of now the recipe looks like this.
18 Liters.
Yeast: US-05
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
4.63 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 97.5 %
0.12 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2 2.5 %
Perle [9.70 %] - Boil 60.0 min 13.5 IBUs
Simcoe [13.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min 11.3 IBUs
Simcoe [13.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min 13.1 IBUs
Centennial [6.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min 4.5 IBUs
Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 mins) -
Centennial [6.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min 2.9 IBUs
Simcoe [13.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min 3.8 IBUs
Centennial [6.50 %] - Boil 1.0 min 0.9 IBUs(22 g)
Simcoe [13.50 %] - Boil 1.0 min 1.3 IBUs(16 g)
And a couple ounces of dry hops (about 1 oz centennial 1 oz simcoe)