You're mashing, right? If you can do a protein rest, you don't need foam-enhancing specialty grains.
Bob
Yes I am mashing. I was already planning on 149F for 90 as boo boo suggested.
6# US 2-Row
5.5# Pilsner
4 oz CaraPils
1 # Rice Flakes
Last time I used .5# CaraPils and ended up with a head of foam that would stand 2 inches tall so I got the idea that maybe I overdid it a bit, so this time I'm cutting back to only 4 oz. Also, when I've made this before I didn't add the rice at all, just went with 11.5# Pils. This time, I'm splitting the difference between the Pils and the US 2-Row.
I'm expecting to hit near 1.060. Sort of what I'm going for is something like a Classic American Pilsner but going with the Rice instead of the Corn so it tastes more familiar like what someone will recognize as beer. Basically an American Lager but pushed up "bigger" pre-prohibition style.
I'm still not sure if I'm on track with the Rice or not though ? I figure 1# of the rice is just less than 10% of my grain and I'm expecting it to not really add much taste, I just want it to ferment nice and dry.
For my hops, I'm targeting the mid-20s.
1 oz Sterling leaf 6.7% AA at 60
1 oz Liberty pellet 3.7% at 20
Feeling pretty good about the hop choice too, to my tastes Sterling and Liberty make a great combination.
Pretty what I'm doing with this recipe is taking my Alabama Pilsner recipe from my Pulldown recipe menu, and trying to tweak it more in the BMC direction with the rice and different hops.
Actually now that I've had a chance to think it over, I think I'm going to do two batches and make the second batch with 1/2# less of each malt and use 2#s of the rice flakes and just see which one I like better.
Thanks for the ideas and comments.