IPA Grain bill

[hilts]

I bought a bag of Breiss Aromatic Munich malt, and I'm wondering how much I should use in my grain bill for an IPA.

I was thinking somewhere around 30% aromatic Munich, 68% pale 2 row, and 2% Crystal malt. Is this too much Munich?

 

[Comfort_Zone]

If you're gonna go higher on the aromatic malt I'd just straight up omit the crystal. It's gonna really up the malt profile so I'd probably cap it at 10-15% of your grain bill.

 

[CascadesBrewer]

So Briess calls their 20L Munich Malt "Aromatic Munich Malt"? I just kegged a Pale Ale that was 19% Avangard 15L Munich Malt and the color and malt character seem decent. (Rest of the grain bill was 76% Pale + 5% White Wheat.) I could see going for 20% Munich 20L.

 

[hilts]

It says aromatic munich 20L. I want to make a clone of Deschutes inversion IPA which says it uses 30% munich, but that sounds like a lot. Any thoughts?

 

[couchsending]

5-10%. It’s a 20L malt right?

 

[Comfort_Zone]

I mean given how malty some of their IPAs can be it doesn't surprise me. I mean as long as it'll convert you could use 100% if you wanted. I just prefer my IPAs on the lighter side

 

[hilts]

I just read brulosophy's munich vs Vienna, and he used 100% and liked it. I am brewing right now and went with 26%.

 

[CascadesBrewer]

I just read brulosophy's munich vs Vienna, and he used 100% and liked it. I am brewing right now and went with 26%.

It should be fine and I am curious how it turns out. I have been tweaking my IPA and Pale Ale recipes lately to see how well Munich swaps in for Crystal. My Pale Ale with 19% 15L Munich Malt might be too light for my preference and I would likely try 20L next time or increase the % of the 15L Munich.

I would point out that the Brulosophy experiment used Weyermann German Munich Malt I, which is in the 6L range.

 

[hilts]

I think the color looks good. Calculated 11 srm.

 

[Comfort_Zone]

I just read brulosophy's munich vs Vienna, and he used 100% and liked it. I am brewing right now and went with 26%.

I mean you can use 100% Vienna as a base for an IPA, that's one of my goto bases as it's simple and gives a nice blank slate that isn't as boring as standard 2 row.