Gustatorian
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Targets =
OG - 1.075 FG - 1.016-1.018 IBU - 55
Mash at 154ºF
Malt =
MO (71%) Munich (15%) C-40 (2%) Special B (2%) Carafa III (1.5%) Chocolate Wheat (8.5%)
Hops =
Hopshot to 55 IBUs
I dont think this is a terribly complicated malt bill. I originally included brown malt, but decided to remove it due to having muddled flavors (possibly associated with a too complicated malt bill) in the past with darker beers. I could be falsely attributing this to the brown malt though. I kept IBUs on the lower side of the IBU/GU ratio for the style (.75 as opposed to a standard mean of 0.88) due to the coffee additions. I plan on titrating cold brew instead of dry-beaning. I feel like the slight acidity ingrained in cold brew coffee will accentuate the bitterness of the beer, pushing that balance more towards the mean.
Yeast =
WLP 001 - Im choosing this because Ive had such labile results with Dennys Fav. Id really like to exclude anything english as to not impart any english esters or worry about flocc/attenuation issues. But if youve had luck with other yeast, let me know!
Water =
RO with targeted pH of 5.6, Targeting Chloride:Sulate ratio close to 2:1.
Cold Brew Coffee will be poured into fermentor after cold-crash (will be based on taking samples and titrating coffee additions at varying volumes into beer).
Let me know if you have any questions!
OG - 1.075 FG - 1.016-1.018 IBU - 55
Mash at 154ºF
Malt =
MO (71%) Munich (15%) C-40 (2%) Special B (2%) Carafa III (1.5%) Chocolate Wheat (8.5%)
Hops =
Hopshot to 55 IBUs
I dont think this is a terribly complicated malt bill. I originally included brown malt, but decided to remove it due to having muddled flavors (possibly associated with a too complicated malt bill) in the past with darker beers. I could be falsely attributing this to the brown malt though. I kept IBUs on the lower side of the IBU/GU ratio for the style (.75 as opposed to a standard mean of 0.88) due to the coffee additions. I plan on titrating cold brew instead of dry-beaning. I feel like the slight acidity ingrained in cold brew coffee will accentuate the bitterness of the beer, pushing that balance more towards the mean.
Yeast =
WLP 001 - Im choosing this because Ive had such labile results with Dennys Fav. Id really like to exclude anything english as to not impart any english esters or worry about flocc/attenuation issues. But if youve had luck with other yeast, let me know!
Water =
RO with targeted pH of 5.6, Targeting Chloride:Sulate ratio close to 2:1.
Cold Brew Coffee will be poured into fermentor after cold-crash (will be based on taking samples and titrating coffee additions at varying volumes into beer).
Let me know if you have any questions!