dsaavedra
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I am looking to do a BIAB SMaSH pretty soon. I am going to experiment with water chemistry on this batch, something I've never done before. My first two BIAB's were just straight tap water and they both had the same weird taste, my theory is that the pH of the mash wasn't right so I got a bunch of unconverted starches or something. This time I am going to start with distilled water and add salts to get the water where it needs to be.
Since I'm still trying to figure out all grain/BIAB, I only want to do a 2.5 gallon (or even smaller) batch so if I get terrible beer again it won't be much of a loss. I have 1oz of 2.0%AA German Hersbrucker hops in a ziplock bag in the fridge. I opened them, realized they were only 2.0%AA and went and bought 4%AA Hallertau instead. So I would like to get rid of these hops while they are still relatively fresh.
So I am looking for a simple recipe, preferably SMaSH, that uses 1oz of German Hersbrucker hops and will produce a tasty beer if it comes out right. What are your ideas?
Since I'm still trying to figure out all grain/BIAB, I only want to do a 2.5 gallon (or even smaller) batch so if I get terrible beer again it won't be much of a loss. I have 1oz of 2.0%AA German Hersbrucker hops in a ziplock bag in the fridge. I opened them, realized they were only 2.0%AA and went and bought 4%AA Hallertau instead. So I would like to get rid of these hops while they are still relatively fresh.
So I am looking for a simple recipe, preferably SMaSH, that uses 1oz of German Hersbrucker hops and will produce a tasty beer if it comes out right. What are your ideas?