Various ingredients, what to make?

[jimhenning]

Hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone knew of a website or an app that takes what ingredients you have and gives you options on what you can make. My wife found a site like this for making dinner with what she finds in the fridge and I was hoping there was something like that for beer. I have grain, hops and LME lying around and wanted to make a good ale to keg. Nothing fancy, just a good, tasty session ale, but since I'm still fairly new, I can't look at a pile of grain and know what it will turn out to be. I can list what I have but I was hoping for a website or app if anyone knew. Any help out there?

TIA,

Jim

 

[ArizonaGoalie]

I think you're better off listing what you have and tapping into the expertise of the great people here.

What fun is having a program or computer decide the creativity anyway?

 

[DocScott]

Agreed. What do you have?!


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[Malric]

Brewtoad.com is probably as close as you'll get.

 

[jimhenning]

Agreed. What do you have?!


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Ok so for grain:

6# Rahr 6 row malt
6kg biscuit malt
.5 kg jumbo oats
2# briess bonlander munich malt
1# briess carapils malt
.5# belgian debittered black malt
.5# englist dark crystal malt
.5# english foasted barley malt
.5# chocolate malt
1 lb crystal candy sugar
1 lb plain amber dme
6 lb rye malt LME

I have tons of hops (magnum, casecade, simcoe, northern brewer, etc) so hops are not an issue

I was planning on doing a tripel or dubel hence the candy sugar, but want to do a quick extract session beer to keg for a poker game coming up in a bit...

ideas? THanks guys!

 

[DocScott]

For a quick extract batch, you're more limited on what you have. Ie, you'd use your rye malt extract.

How about a rye pale or ipa. Bitter with magnum and use the cascade/simcoe for flavor aroma. You could steep some of your crystal malt for a little color if you want.

This doesn't use up much if your stuff but should turn out a good, easy brew.

What yeasts do you have on hand?


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[jimhenning]

For a quick extract batch, you're more limited on what you have. Ie, you'd use your rye malt extract.

How about a rye pale or ipa. Bitter with magnum and use the cascade/simcoe for flavor aroma. You could steep some of your crystal malt for a little color if you want.

This doesn't use up much if your stuff but should turn out a good, easy brew.

What yeasts do you have on hand?



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a bunch of SAFALE 05, all dry yeast, but several different packets, I'm out in England and they have satchets of plain dry ale yeast.

 

[jimhenning]

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a bunch of SAFALE 05, all dry yeast, but several different packets, I'm out in England and they have satchets of plain dry ale yeast.

Rye IPA is in the fermenter bubbling away...thanks for the advice guys