Red X and mandarina Bavaria German IPA

[elwood522]

From the far corners of Germany I have 13 pounds of Best Malz Red-X malt and a half pound of Mandarina bavaria flying in for a 5 gallon batch of German IPA. Gonna ferment at 66 with my house yeast (fermentis 34/70 aka weihenstephaner Lager yeast)
I would love suggestions as to any other malts that would be nice to add as well as mash and hop schedule ideas/recommendations.
FWH, skip the bittering, do all late hops, crazy huge dry hop? Step mash or single?

I also have some herkules coming I could use for bittering.

I have never used either of these ingredients I just let find them
Both intriguing.

Thanks in advance for any ideas and suggestions!
-steve

 

[cswis86]

I think all Red X would make an awesome beer on its own! I'd keep it simple and do a single rest at 148-150F to get the beer nice and dry. Using herkules to bitter would be a good idea then do a 15 min addition of Mandarina and another addition at flameout. 2-3 oz of dry hops will be nice in a 5 gallon batch. I hope it turns out great!

 

[chumney]

Just made a beer with the Mandarina hops and Red X. I mashed the Red X with Golden Promise malt. The wort smelled great and was just the right color. It is still in the fermenter and will be for the next few (10) days.

 

[universalfrost]

Yeah I'll need that probe.

If you include the close and not the brackets then what would be the price including shipping?