Biscuit malt unfermentables

[JBrady]

Hey guys I was wondering how much unfermentable sugar biscuit malt adds? I'm brewing a bitter and I don't want a whole lot of unfermentable sugar sweetening it up. would a half pound of biscuit and a quarter pound of crystal 160 add too much sweetness to the beer? The whole grain bill looks like this: 6.75lb marris otter, .5lb biscuit, .25lb crystal 160, 1.00lb corn sugar, mash at 148. Thanks for any info.

 

[Nateo]

If you're worried about residual sweetness, I'd leave out the C-160. Biscuit is lightly toasted so it shouldn't add much unfermentable. I'd mash at 149*, just because barley starch doesn't fully gelatinize/disperse below that number.

 

[Legin]

Looks good (but a bit too dry for my taste). Your low mash temp, sugar addition and hop bitterness should solve any residual sweetness issues. I did a similar British pale at 148 (mashout recommended) and it turned out excellent.

 

[JBrady]

thanks for the input guys