Mutilated1
Beer Drenched Executioner
The last few recipes I've done, I've used "Pro Mash" to check the amounts of the ingredients. I think maybe I might be doing something wrong with the amounts of ingredients, especially the specialty malts because my beers are turning out much more maltier and darker than I'm intending and the color is considerably darker than I'm expecting based on the estimation of color that I see in the Pro Mash software.
I made what I was intending to be a dark brown ale, and I used a pound of chocolate malt. The color ended up about what I expected from Pro Mash, but the taste of the beer is way more "roasty" than I intended.
Another beer that I made I used a pound of CaraAroma and the color was darker than I expected, and again the taste was overwhelmed by the amount of added flavor.
Are there any guidelines about how much is too much when you're adding specialty grains like Chocolate, Aroma, Crystal, etc... ?
Also, I was hoping to make a malty lager this week so I used 8# of Light Munich, .5# CaraAroma, and .5# CaraPils and it also turned out much darker than I anticipated.
How do you know how much is too much ?
I made what I was intending to be a dark brown ale, and I used a pound of chocolate malt. The color ended up about what I expected from Pro Mash, but the taste of the beer is way more "roasty" than I intended.
Another beer that I made I used a pound of CaraAroma and the color was darker than I expected, and again the taste was overwhelmed by the amount of added flavor.
Are there any guidelines about how much is too much when you're adding specialty grains like Chocolate, Aroma, Crystal, etc... ?
Also, I was hoping to make a malty lager this week so I used 8# of Light Munich, .5# CaraAroma, and .5# CaraPils and it also turned out much darker than I anticipated.
How do you know how much is too much ?