messing up a recipe

[tkanscholl]

i think i just messed up. i was converting a scottish ale down to a 2.5 gallon recipe from a 5.5 gallon.
the mistake was when i asked the homebrew shop owner to pull my grain bill. i asked for 1.5 lbs of pale chocolate instead of 1.5 oz.
Can anyone tell me what it would do to my scottish ale recipe. and i already have the grains out of the wort

 

[CorporateHippie]

What's the entire grain bill?

 

[chickypad]

I think you turned your scottish ale into a porter. Actually that's about 2-3 times as much chocolate as I'd use in a porter.

 

[CorporateHippie]

I think you turned your scottish ale into a porter. Actually that's about 2-3 times as much chocolate as I'd use in a porter.

I thought the same. I did a milk stout last week and used a 1/2 lbs. Can only imagine the Hershey syrup you've done up :cross:

 

[MVKTR2]

I thought the same. I did a milk stout last week and used a 1/2 lbs. Can only imagine the Hershey syrup you've done up :cross:

Mmm Hershey's syrup beer! Don't tempt me!!!

 

[tkanscholl]

the grain bill is
3.3 golden light lme
.5lb caramel 40l
.25lb honey malt
.13 caramel 120l
1.5lb pale chocolate malt

 

[MVKTR2]

(edit oops)Without knowing the OPs full grain bill we can't give an accurate answer. It won't be ideal and it absolutely isn't anything at all to do with a scottish ale but if the roasted grain isn't more than 25% of the bill it should be drinkable.

I'm not sure if adding some molasses would be a good idea or just make things worse? What probably is a good idea is to boil up 1-2 lbs of light malt extract and add that to the fermenter to lessen the proportion/% of choc. malt in the brew.

 

[CorporateHippie]

the grain bill is
3.3 golden light lme
.5lb caramel 40l
.25lb honey malt
.13 caramel 120l
1.5lb pale chocolate malt

She's going to be black and bitter....

 

[sfgoat]

She's going to be black and bitter....

Sounds like a ex girlfriend I once had.

 

[m1k3]

Yup, That is a lot of Pale Chocolate. I used 7oz/5 gallons and felt it was a bit too much. Another time I used 6oz/8.5 gallons, that was borderline too much.

Let us know how it comes out.

 

[tkanscholl]

i was able to pull a sample and chill it enough to get a hydrometer reading. its 1.063

 

[tkanscholl]

i was thinking of increasing the size to maybe 3 to 4 gallons

 

[tkanscholl]

Well update on the recipe
i added sterilized water up to 4 gallons which brought the og down to 1.036. It has been fermenting almost a week. when i pulled a sample on yesterday and tasted it, it was a very roasty flavor but seemed a bit thin

 

[Powhatan]

I'm just curious, but would adding lactose to this cut down on the bitter taste?

 

[tkanscholl]

i need a little more advice. it has been over a week in the primary and i took a hydrometer reading as i put it into the secondary. I was 1.021 should i pitch more yeast to bring it down further?