I purchased the brewers best RIS kit from my local homebrew shop and I'm thinking about tweaking it a bit; advice would be greatly appreciated. The kit came with the following ingredients:
6.6lbs dark LME
2lb Dark DME
8oz maltodextrin
8oz caramel 60L
8oz roasted barley
8oz black patent
1oz 13.5 AA columbus bittering hops
.5oz cascade aroma
i added .5oz athenum hops at flameout
I'm afraid that the stock recipe doesnt have enough hops to balance the malt, though I realize this is a heavy, malty beer. I'm considering dry hopping with another .5oz of athenum hops and also thinking about racking on top of some bourbon soaked oak chips for 2 weeks in a secondary to make things more interesting...whaddya think?
6.6lbs dark LME
2lb Dark DME
8oz maltodextrin
8oz caramel 60L
8oz roasted barley
8oz black patent
1oz 13.5 AA columbus bittering hops
.5oz cascade aroma
i added .5oz athenum hops at flameout
I'm afraid that the stock recipe doesnt have enough hops to balance the malt, though I realize this is a heavy, malty beer. I'm considering dry hopping with another .5oz of athenum hops and also thinking about racking on top of some bourbon soaked oak chips for 2 weeks in a secondary to make things more interesting...whaddya think?
