jeramieb
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So I bought a kit from MoreBeer (English Pale Ale) and after putting it into Beersmith it seems like it might end up a little light on flavor and ABV. I want to try and give this beer a nice full malt flavor with a decent ABV. Right now Beersmith has it hitting ~3.9% (I was hoping for closer to 5% if possible).
Here's the ingredient list and my brew details:
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- Grain -
8lbs - Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM)
.5lbs - Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM)
.25lbs - Special B Malt (180.0 SRM)
- Hops -
1oz - East Kent Goldings @ 60min
1oz - East Kent Goldings @ 5min
- Yeast -
WLP002 - White Labs English Ale
- Brew Process -
Mash
60min @ 156.0 F
Sparge
Batch sarge @ 168.0 F water
Boil
60min Boil
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Any idea on what I should do to give this recipe a little malty kick in pants? I contemplated adding 1-1.5lbs of Maris Otter to the recipe as well as bumping up the 2 Row to 10lbs as oppsoed to the initial 8. BTW, this is my first venture into tinkering with a recipe so I may be out in left field on this. That is why I wan to to know your thoughts? Am I way off base on this?
Thanks in advance
Here's the ingredient list and my brew details:
********************************
- Grain -
8lbs - Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM)
.5lbs - Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM)
.25lbs - Special B Malt (180.0 SRM)
- Hops -
1oz - East Kent Goldings @ 60min
1oz - East Kent Goldings @ 5min
- Yeast -
WLP002 - White Labs English Ale
- Brew Process -
Mash
60min @ 156.0 F
Sparge
Batch sarge @ 168.0 F water
Boil
60min Boil
********************************
Any idea on what I should do to give this recipe a little malty kick in pants? I contemplated adding 1-1.5lbs of Maris Otter to the recipe as well as bumping up the 2 Row to 10lbs as oppsoed to the initial 8. BTW, this is my first venture into tinkering with a recipe so I may be out in left field on this. That is why I wan to to know your thoughts? Am I way off base on this?
Thanks in advance