gwind
Member
Hi,
I am looking to make a Graham Cracker Ale. The flavor profile goal is to taste like a graham cracker - honey, sweet, biscuity. I want an easy drinking, light/medium body roughly 5% abv ale. Here is what I have (note 3 gallon all-grain batch):
Mash @ 152 F:
Yeast: US-05 (open to others, if you'd change the yeast, why?). Ferment at 70 F (room temp) for 7 days, or until FG is constant.
Per BrewFather: OG: 1.045, FG: 1.006, ABV: 5.1%, SRM 9.2, IBU 21.
What are overall thoughts on the recipe? Any changes to mash build, hops, or yeast? I know adding actual graham crackers is controversial after reading other threads, but I want to try it for this batch (I am accepting the risk of a stuck sparge). My plan is to make 2 batches, the 2nd batch will be after I've been able to taste the first. The 2nd batch will be all else equal but with 2-row (vs golden promise), perhaps different hops, and maybe without the actual graham crackers depending on how my sparge goes.
I am looking to make a Graham Cracker Ale. The flavor profile goal is to taste like a graham cracker - honey, sweet, biscuity. I want an easy drinking, light/medium body roughly 5% abv ale. Here is what I have (note 3 gallon all-grain batch):
Mash @ 152 F:
- 3 lb Pale Ale Golden Promise (Simpsons) 60%
- 8 oz Biscuit (Dingemans) 10%
- 8 oz Caramel Vienne Malt 20 L (Briess) 10%
- 8 oz Cookie (Viking) 10%
- 4 oz light brown sugar 5%
- 4 oz honey 5%
- 2/3 of a 14.2 oz box (~9.5 oz) of Nabisco Honey Maid Graham Crackers (will include in mash, but not including in overall mash %. Not planning to use rice hulls to avoid clumping / clogging)
Yeast: US-05 (open to others, if you'd change the yeast, why?). Ferment at 70 F (room temp) for 7 days, or until FG is constant.
Per BrewFather: OG: 1.045, FG: 1.006, ABV: 5.1%, SRM 9.2, IBU 21.
What are overall thoughts on the recipe? Any changes to mash build, hops, or yeast? I know adding actual graham crackers is controversial after reading other threads, but I want to try it for this batch (I am accepting the risk of a stuck sparge). My plan is to make 2 batches, the 2nd batch will be after I've been able to taste the first. The 2nd batch will be all else equal but with 2-row (vs golden promise), perhaps different hops, and maybe without the actual graham crackers depending on how my sparge goes.