Left Over Ingredients

[gishua]

Hey there,

I have some left over grains from my partial mash and was wondering if any of these could be close to a good brown ale / stout recipe with some DME added hops and yeast. Any help appreciated.

I inputed these ingredients in BeerSmith, but not really sure how to tell if the recipe is good or not. Thanks in advance.

Victory Malt : 1.3oz
Roasted Barley : 8.3 oz
English Brown: 4.8oz
2-Row Pale: 7.8 oz
Flaked Oats: 7.3oz
Chocolate Malt: 13.8oz
Caramel: 9.1oz

Thanks

 

[Hello]

Those are very small amounts. Do you intend to do a 5 gallon batch?
How much DME do you have?

 

[gishua]

Yeah figured they were too small...just hate for them to go to waste. I will buy DME, hops & yeast.

 

[midfielder5]

I would not use it all in one recipe.. looks like too much RB for sure. prob need only half that. What is the caramel #? it varies from 10-120.
Suggest you look at PM recipes in the database here for suggestions and add or drop grains as needed. My two cents is that you have only a few dollars worth of grain and the time/ expense of the other ingredients isn't worth it on a "everything that is lying around" beer IMO. Use what you can (def the two row, oats, some RB, some choc, brown) and save the rest for next time.

 

[gishua]

Ok cool! Thankyou..just figured i would try. I'll save them for the next similar recipe I have with them.
Thanks.

 

[chickypad]

I actually think you have the makings of a stout there if you want to chuck it all in (what's the L on that crystal?). It looks not unlike Jamil's oatmeal stout recipe that I have made a version of:

.5 lb roasted barley (you have)
.75 lb chocolate (you have .8)
.5 lb crystal 80 (you have about .5 lb of some crystal)
1 lb flaked oats (you have 1/2 lb)
.75 lb victory (you only have a touch but you also have a little brown malt, not a sub but I'd throw it in)

I would add a couple more lbs of 2-row to make it a partial mash if you want to convert the oats, and then make up the rest with light DME for an OG of around 1.055 to 1.058. I used willamette in this, about 38 IBU's.

 

[midfielder5]

good advice chicky!