loetz
Well-Known Member
So, I want to brew a big American double stout like a Bells, Speedway, or Yetti and I'm playing around with ideas for my recipe. I want something malty, full bodied, and with a high gravity.
Locally I can buy:
I can mail-order:
For a 6.6 gal batch, I'm thinking about going with this:
Vienna (10 pounds)
Flaked Oats (4.5 pounds)
Chocolate 800 (2 pounds)
Rauchmaltz (1 pound)
Roasted Barley (1 pound)
Should I use US-05 dry yeast? I'd rather stick with dry for the first batch.
I haven't really thought about the hops yet. Since it's my first batch, I think I'd rather stick with one hop so that I can get used to what it tastes like before I play around too much. I'll probably use cascade.
Should I use the caramel malts? Am I going to be missing out on a lot of flavor? Should I hold off on the Rauchmaltz on the first batch? Should I order the black malt?
What adjustments would you guys make to this recipe?
Locally I can buy:
- Pils
- Pale Ale
- Munich
- Vienna
- Flaked Oats
- Carmel Malt Light (ebc?)
- Carmel Malt Dark (ebc?)
- Rauchmalz
- Chocolate 800ebc
- Farbmaltz 1200ebc (I don't really know what this is. Farbe means color.)
- Roasted Barley 1000ebc
I can mail-order:
- Biscuit 50ebc
- Cara-red 40 EBC
- Cara-amber 60 EBC
- Cara-crystal 120 EBC
- Chocolate 800ebc dehusked
- Chocolate 900ebc
- Black 1400ebc
- Black 1500ebc dehusked
- Special B 350 EBC
For a 6.6 gal batch, I'm thinking about going with this:
Vienna (10 pounds)
Flaked Oats (4.5 pounds)
Chocolate 800 (2 pounds)
Rauchmaltz (1 pound)
Roasted Barley (1 pound)
Should I use US-05 dry yeast? I'd rather stick with dry for the first batch.
I haven't really thought about the hops yet. Since it's my first batch, I think I'd rather stick with one hop so that I can get used to what it tastes like before I play around too much. I'll probably use cascade.
Should I use the caramel malts? Am I going to be missing out on a lot of flavor? Should I hold off on the Rauchmaltz on the first batch? Should I order the black malt?
What adjustments would you guys make to this recipe?