Just bought 55lbs of Golden Promise, suggestions?

[BridgewaterBrewer]

I've used it in pale ales or malty recipes before but I'm thinking a SMASH recipe would be good. I have some Simcoe...
I'm mainly looking for recipe ideas but if you're in central NJ, I'm happy to trade too.


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[JKaranka]

I'd go for something where you can still taste the malt. Maybe a smash strong bitter with an OG of 1.048-1052 and a long boil (90-120m) or an old ale smash finished with Brett and an OG around 1.075-1.080.

 

[kh54s10]

How about a Scottish Strong ale. You could keep it SMaSH or light or darken it up. I like Edinburgh Ale yeast WLP028 I used Northern Brewer hops - 1oz. at 60 minutes in my Wee Heavy. It had 3 lb flaked barley, 1 lb c-40, 1 lb c-75 and .38 lb carapils. Along with the 15.5 lbs of Golden Promise.

 

[giraffe]

Tim taylor landlord is a delicious beer, and im pretty sure its 100% golden promise, and their yeast is wyeast1469.

 

[uncleleon]

It's has a very sharp flavor. Probably stick with pales or bitters, maybe Scotch-Irish styles

 

[JKaranka]

Summer Lightning is another 100% pale malt beer you could consider as a template. Landlord, as mentioned above is a delicious classic. Lots of British beers are all pale malt.

 

[Yooper]

Oh, I LOVE Golden Promise. It's like a warmer maris otter.

After the SMaSH, why not make a clone of my favorite beer, Surly Furious? It's a huge IPA that uses golden promise as the base malt.

9 lbs 8.0 oz Golden Promise 70.0 %
2 lbs 8.0 oz Munich Malt 18.4 %
1 lbs Caramunich Malt 7.4 %
8.0 oz Crystal Malt - 60L 3.7 %
1.0 oz Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) (for color) 0.5 %
1.00 oz Cascade (homegrown) [5.00 %] - Boil 60.0 minutes
1.00 oz Summit [18.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min
0.50 oz Ahtanum [4.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min
0.50 oz Amarillo [9.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min
0.50 oz Simcoe [12.20 %] - Boil 20.0 min
0.50 oz Ahtanum [4.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min
0.50 oz Amarillo [9.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min
0.50 oz Simcoe [12.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min
1.0 pkg British Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1335) -
2.00 oz Simcoe [12.20 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days
1.00 oz Amarillo [9.50 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days

That's what I would do if I had a new sack of GP!

 

[JKaranka]

For stock / old ale, something like:

OG 1.067, FG 1.009, 60 IBU, 6SRM.

12lb Golden Promise

60m - 1oz Challenger
20m - 3oz Fuggles

Pitch S04 for primary fermentation, then Brett Claussenii for either secondary or bottling. Aiming at an attenuation of 85-90% between those two.

 

[Hello]

It's has a very sharp flavor. Probably stick with pales or bitters, maybe Scotch-Irish styles

What do you mean by sharp? I've read that it is slightly better than Marris Otter and that it may be less sweet. I'm curious because I was about to buy a sack.

For GP, I'd make a SMaSH first and see how it tastes. Next, I'd do that Surly clone. I never did a SMaSH until recently because when I first started brewing someone said that there is no reason to waste time on brewing something so boring. Well, I just kegged my MO / Mosaic SMaSH IPA and frankly, it is pretty darn delicious. I'd like to do a couple more SMaSHs with just 2-row and another with GP.

 

[dcp27]

What do you mean by sharp? I've read that it is slightly better than Marris Otter and that it may be less sweet. I'm curious because I was about to buy a sack..

I find it more sweet & less toasted than MO, definitely not sharp

 

[Rivenin]

i love golden promise.... so much.
I did a SMaSH with it once and motueka and S-05... Tasted kind of like honey and lemon lime. twas amazing. That being said, i just did another SMaSH with ADHA 529 and golden promise with S-04 for a strong bitter. It's only 2.5 weeks old so i'm not sure how it will end up, but early samples are awesome.

Simcoe would be amazeballs

 

[smw356]

Make a 10g batch using the whole sack, around 40ibu's of ekg/fuggle a 3-4 hour boil and your scottish / british yeast of choice

 

[youreanimpulse]

I just did a smash with Fuggles at 60 and FO, about 20 IBU, Heady Topper yeast. It's awesome. Also did a brown porter with the GP and it is also awesome. Love this malt!

 

[BridgewaterBrewer]

Thanks all for the ideas and thanks for the recipe Yooper!

 

[MrSnacks]

Love Golden Promise. Definitely do a Surly Furious clone.

 

[DromJohn]

Drom John's Innis & Gunn Original