euripaetus
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hi, i am relatively new to brewing but love it. I have only brewed one recipe made by someone else (my first batch, a bland scottish ale), and am bubbling with ideas for new unorthodox beers (inclusion of things like tea, spices, even some veggies).
i am planning on brewing a green tea ipa, but because i am somewhat new to the hobby and am not totally confident that it will turn out, I dont want to bust out 5 gallons of it if it turns out to be dreadful. Can I simply cut a recipe in half, or do i need to worry about compensating for the various fermentables, hop bitterness and all that technical stuff?
additionally, does anyone have any good ideas for how to add the green tea so that it doesnt become bitter (as oversteeped green tea easily becomes) or not even noticable? i was planning on dry hopping the tea leaves with the hops in the secondary.
the recipe (for a 5gal batch) i was going to use is one that I found online and modified slightly (beerrecipes.org)
3.3 lbs Coopers Light Malt Syrup
3.0 lbs. Coopers Light Dry Malt Extract
1 lb. Munich Malt 10L
1 lb. Great Western 2-Row pale malt
1 lb. Crystal 20L Malt
2 oz Centennial Hops (boil 60 minutes, 9.4% AA)
1 oz Cascade Hops (boil 15 minutes, 6.0% AA)
1 oz Cascade Hops (boil 2 minutes, 6.0% AA)
1 oz Cascade Hops (dry hopped in secondary)
6 oz Green Tea leaves (dry "hopped" in secondary)
1 Teaspoon Irish Moss (boil 45 minutes)
3/4 cup dextrose at bottling
Wyeast 1056
To sum up, (1) can i just half this recipe for a 2.5 gallon batch? and (2) is this amount of green tea approriate?
i am planning on brewing a green tea ipa, but because i am somewhat new to the hobby and am not totally confident that it will turn out, I dont want to bust out 5 gallons of it if it turns out to be dreadful. Can I simply cut a recipe in half, or do i need to worry about compensating for the various fermentables, hop bitterness and all that technical stuff?
additionally, does anyone have any good ideas for how to add the green tea so that it doesnt become bitter (as oversteeped green tea easily becomes) or not even noticable? i was planning on dry hopping the tea leaves with the hops in the secondary.
the recipe (for a 5gal batch) i was going to use is one that I found online and modified slightly (beerrecipes.org)
3.3 lbs Coopers Light Malt Syrup
3.0 lbs. Coopers Light Dry Malt Extract
1 lb. Munich Malt 10L
1 lb. Great Western 2-Row pale malt
1 lb. Crystal 20L Malt
2 oz Centennial Hops (boil 60 minutes, 9.4% AA)
1 oz Cascade Hops (boil 15 minutes, 6.0% AA)
1 oz Cascade Hops (boil 2 minutes, 6.0% AA)
1 oz Cascade Hops (dry hopped in secondary)
6 oz Green Tea leaves (dry "hopped" in secondary)
1 Teaspoon Irish Moss (boil 45 minutes)
3/4 cup dextrose at bottling
Wyeast 1056
To sum up, (1) can i just half this recipe for a 2.5 gallon batch? and (2) is this amount of green tea approriate?