I don't have Beersmith on this computer, you so may need to increase or decrease the malt, and check the AAUs of the hops, so that you have a good balance but that's a good place to start.
Thanks a lot! Yooper you are awesome. One more stupid question: the minimal order for crystal is 1 pound. Is it OK if i end up using 1 pound 20L and 60L each? Or shall I strictly follow the recipe?
Thanks a lot! Yooper you are awesome. One more stupid question: the minimal order for crystal is 1 pound. Is it OK if i end up using 1 pound 20L and 60L each? Or shall I strictly follow the recipe?
1 pound of 20L, 30L or 40L would be better than 2 pounds. You want a little bit of crystal sweetness to play off the hop flavor...
2 other thoughts:
1. If you can crush the grains yourself, buy the full pounds and store them in the refrigerator, well sealed...
Until I got a mill I used a little mini-blender (like a magic bullet) to crush 2-4 oz at a time. No, not perfect, but for a pound or so of steeping grains it works well enough. After reading about malt conditioning I added about a half tsp of water to 3oz of grain and it made it work better. The key is to only try and grind a small amount at a time so you don't make flour with some and leave some uncrushed... it isn't perfect, but it has worked pretty well for me.
2. Buy the pounds pre-milled. Use what you need, seal up tightly in a ziploc and refrigerator or freeze and use it in the next brew... even crushed, if stored cold it won't lose much over a couple months...