Getting high ABV

[powerpunk5000]

So I have about 10lbs of 2 row, and about 10lbs of liquid wheat malt extract

Was thinking about using 2 or 3 pounds of 2 row and all the LME

So would I just throw the 2 or 3lbs of 2 row in a Muslim bad let steep at 150 for a hour? Then add the LME and boil for a hour?

Also I'm guessing I need to hand crush them with a rolling pin since my online vendor did not pre crush them.

Also was gonna use 2 packs of safe ale 05

Will this give a super strong abv beer?

Also have a bunch of cascade 1lbs and like 5 oz of cutra if anyone wants to recommend hop addition times ect

 

[deadwolfbones]

Don't throw anything at Muslims IMO.

 

[deadwolfbones]

But to answer your question we'd need to know more about the beer you're trying to make, like batch size for starters.

 

[powerpunk5000]

But to answer your question we'd need to know more about the beer you're trying to make, like batch size for starters.

Standard 5 gallon batch, a ipa or dipa, i do also have some flaked wheat and oats i was thinking of adding to make it creamer

 

[powerpunk5000]

Bump

 

[FatDragon]

A rolling pin isn't gonna work. If you're mashing a few pounds of grain in a bag and you need it crushed, just run it through a blender and work out the doughballs when you mash in. If you don't have anything finer than muslin, get a paint strainer bag from the hardware store so you don't end up with three pounds of malted barley flour floating free in your wort.

Otherwise, your plan seems reasonable enough to make a fairly strong wheat IPA. You could probably add a couple pounds of the extract at the beginning of the boil to aid hop extraction. Bitter to your preferred level with Cascade at 60 minutes, then do a whirlpool at 160 F with a couple ounces of each hop, then another couple ounces of each in a dry hop around day ten before packaging around the two week mark. Push those two back a week or so if you're worried it won't be done at the two week mark.

 

[powerpunk5000]

A rolling pin isn't gonna work. If you're mashing a few pounds of grain in a bag and you need it crushed, just run it through a blender and work out the doughballs when you mash in. If you don't have anything finer than muslin, get a paint strainer bag from the hardware store so you don't end up with three pounds of malted barley flour floating free in your wort.

Otherwise, your plan seems reasonable enough to make a fairly strong wheat IPA. You could probably add a couple pounds of the extract at the beginning of the boil to aid hop extraction. Bitter to your preferred level with Cascade at 60 minutes, then do a whirlpool at 160 F with a couple ounces of each hop, then another couple ounces of each in a dry hop around day ten before packaging around the two week mark. Push those two back a week or so if you're worried it won't be done at the two week mark.

I've tried the rolling pin with jut a single lbs of grain before and it seemed to work?
I'm sure I can get somone to mill it hopefully,

I'm just worried about it being so simple with just 2 row and wheat extract

 

[JimRausch]

A rolling pin isn't gonna work.

It's a PIB, but it does work. Before I got my mill, I used the rolling pin method on specialty grains- sometimes there would be 2-3 lbs of them. Put them in gallon ziplock bags, just enough to have a thin layer, rolling pin them, flip the bag and repeat until the crush looked good.
Let me tell, you, I LOVE my grain mill!

 

[JimRausch]

I'd plug your recipe thoughts into an online recipe creator to see what you'll wind up with. But the 10 lb of LME alone should give you somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.080 as an OG.

 

[FatDragon]

I've tried the rolling pin with jut a single lbs of grain before and it seemed to work?
I'm sure I can get somone to mill it hopefully,

I'm just worried about it being so simple with just 2 row and wheat extract

The rolling pin will likely get you poor efficiency in exchange for an unnecessary amount of work. A blender and a better bag for draining seems like a better plan to me all around, but it's up to you.

I personally wouldn't worry too much about the beer being too simple. Extract typically contains a bit of caramel malt already, and just two row and wheat would be fine for an IPA anyway.