lowtones84
Well-Known Member
So I'm poor because I just moved to northern New Jersey for grad school but I would like to brew a fall beer. Limitations other than being broke:
1) The only grain I have is a sack of German pilsener malt and oats from the grocery store.
2) I have a fairly small apartment with a somewhat weak stove.
3) The only yeast I have is S-04 unless I culture something out of a bottle.
I am planning on brewing this coming weekend. I want a deep amber-brown colored beer so I began home toasting my pilsener malt to make various shades and one crystal malt. Also toasted my oats a bit. So this is what I've planned. It is a 3 gallon batch:
Improvised Bier de...Mild?
3 lbs. Pilsener malt
2 lbs. home toasted Munich malt
1 lb. Crystal 60L ( 60...ish. Also home made)
8 oz. toasted oats.
4 oz. Chocolate malt (also home toasted, a little inconsistent)
.75 oz. Mt. Hood (4.8% AA) @ 60 min. (About 24 IBU)
.25 oz. Mt Hood @ 15 min.
BIAB, mash high (156F)
S-04 (At as low as my swamp cooler will get me)
Some things I'm considering:
1) A loaf (or half a loaf) of pumpernickel bread that I made toasted up (or staled) in the mash.
2) A couple ounces of molasses in the boil.
I'm trying for a somewhat malty, brownish beer for fall/winter using only what I have. If anybody has any suggestions, please keep it to things that I can get at the grocery store. Thanks in advance!
1) The only grain I have is a sack of German pilsener malt and oats from the grocery store.
2) I have a fairly small apartment with a somewhat weak stove.
3) The only yeast I have is S-04 unless I culture something out of a bottle.
I am planning on brewing this coming weekend. I want a deep amber-brown colored beer so I began home toasting my pilsener malt to make various shades and one crystal malt. Also toasted my oats a bit. So this is what I've planned. It is a 3 gallon batch:
Improvised Bier de...Mild?
3 lbs. Pilsener malt
2 lbs. home toasted Munich malt
1 lb. Crystal 60L ( 60...ish. Also home made)
8 oz. toasted oats.
4 oz. Chocolate malt (also home toasted, a little inconsistent)
.75 oz. Mt. Hood (4.8% AA) @ 60 min. (About 24 IBU)
.25 oz. Mt Hood @ 15 min.
BIAB, mash high (156F)
S-04 (At as low as my swamp cooler will get me)
Some things I'm considering:
1) A loaf (or half a loaf) of pumpernickel bread that I made toasted up (or staled) in the mash.
2) A couple ounces of molasses in the boil.
I'm trying for a somewhat malty, brownish beer for fall/winter using only what I have. If anybody has any suggestions, please keep it to things that I can get at the grocery store. Thanks in advance!