What did I make???

[tandersen123]

I was trying ot make a blone ale (first beer from all scratch) so I looked around and came up with my own recipe. I did not know what the alpha really meant in the hops untill after this was kegged. It taste quite bitter (hoppy I guess?) so what would I classify it as? it's extract+specialty grains heres my recipe.

7lb pale malt extract
1lb dextrin
1lb crystal 20L
8oz victory malt
8oz melanoidin malt

steep grains @155 for 30 min add extract and boil 60 min


60 min 1oz centennial
50 min 1oz mt.hood
30 min 1oz centennial
15 min 1oz mt.hood

yeast-english ale

misc- whirlfloc tablet 15 min


Tim

 

[Yooper]

It's generally unclassifiable, since it's a too-bitter beer with US hops and malt but English yeast. Too "malty" for a blonde ale (melanoidin and too much crystal/dextrine malts), and too bitter (all bittering hops except for one addition of flavor hops) for a pale ale, and not really an English beer since it's only English yeast, I would just call it "beer" I guess!

That beer is not one that I'd consider "hoppy" as the only hops are bittering hops (added between 60 and 30 minutes) except for one flavoring hop addition at 15 minutes. That makes it "bitter" as opposed to "hoppy" (lots of hops flavor).

 

[helibrewer]

Take that same recipe with some German Lager yeast and a couple ounces of Hallertau and it looks like a pretty good Helles/Maibock