Need recipe help

[nfrayer]

So I have some left over ingredients and I wanted to do somewhat of a half batch.
I have as followed

3lbs unhopped breiss golden LME
1 lb belgium aroma malt
1/2lb munich 40L
1/2 lb Crystal 40L

I have the following hops
Chech Saaz 1oz. pellets
Kent Golding 1oz. leaf
Williamette 1 1/4 oz pellets
German Hersbrucker 1 oz. pellets
Northern Brewer 1/2 oz plugs.

My question is as followed. What volume should my wort be if I'm looking for an OG of about 1.053?

 

[nfrayer]

Oh and lets say 24 IBUs

 

[bradsul]

I get about 13.5L when I put it into promash, that's about 3 gallons give or take I think.

 

[nfrayer]

Thats about what I was shooting for. I'm trying to figure my IBUs and wondering If I should go more on the Goldings, or more on the saaz and williamette. The goldings have an aa of 6.9, while the saaz is 2.9 and the williamette is 4.3. I don't know about the Hersbrucker though. Just going to take an educated guess.

 

[nfrayer]

Also, appreciate the quick reply

 

[bradsul]

Well for my taste you can't go wrong with Goldings. Willamette if I recall is a variant of Fuggles so those too should go together really well. Willamette for bittering and some goldings for flavour/aroma would be nice.

 

[bradsul]

15G of Willamette @ 60
15G of Goldings @ 20
7G of Goldings @ 5

will give you 24.8 IBU

Not sure what kind of beer you'd have but I'm sure it would be interesting

 

[nfrayer]

Thinking a decent amber, not to hoppy, similar to one of the west coast ambers.

 

[nfrayer]

Probably loose the last golding addition and do 7 grams of the saaz at 2.9aa and maybe 7 or less of the herbruckers. Might be a little off, but rather to much than to little

 

[bradsul]

Goldings may be a bit too flowery for that then. The hallertau would probably work well though for the final addition.

 

[bradsul]

A small batch is great for experimenting so I'd maybe pick something you're not sure of and see how it turns out.

 

[nfrayer]

or maybe even going half goldings half hersbrucher, I think they were pretty close in alpha acidity, then finish with 14 grams of saaz. yep thats what i'm going to do.

 

[bradsul]

Sounds interesting! I don't think I've seen those mixed before, make sure you post how it turns out when it's done.

 

[nfrayer]

I will, appreciate all the info

 

[bradsul]

Not a problem!