ChemicalBrew
Active Member
Greetings everyone, new brewer here, and I'm getting ready to start my second batch soon. First was a pre-hopped amber ale from True Brew that was purchased for me and that I bottled a week ago. I wanted to start to expand my skills a bit with my next batch and I ordered a kit with some specialty grains.
What I have is this Fat Tire clone that I ordered from Brewmaster's Warehouse, as an extract kit. I'm wondering whether to try a partial mash with these grains or just steep them. Mostly I wonder because of the Munich and the Biscuit and see it said over and over that they need to be mashed. But is that only when you are trying to extract fermentables or does that also hold true for flavor and color. If not mashed, is it a waste to even have these in there?
Obviously the majority of the fermentables come from the LME and DME in this recipe and since it was sold as an extract kit, I wonder whether I should even try to get more fermentables out of these grains or not. Are there any flavor, color or mouthfeel reasons to have Munich and Biscuit malt in there if I'm only going to steep them? What say you, seasoned brewers?
Crisp Chocolate Malt 0.0625 lb
Crisp Crystal Malt 60L 0.5 lb
Briess 2 Row Carapils 0.5 lb
Caramel Munich. 0.5 lb
Biscuit 0.375 lb
Briess Golden Light Liquid Extract 3.3125 lb
Briess Golden Light Dry Extract 2.1875 lb
Willamette Pellets - 4.6% AA 1 oz
Fuggles Pellets, UK - 3.6% AA 1 oz
Wyeast Labs American Ale II - 1272 1 ea
What I have is this Fat Tire clone that I ordered from Brewmaster's Warehouse, as an extract kit. I'm wondering whether to try a partial mash with these grains or just steep them. Mostly I wonder because of the Munich and the Biscuit and see it said over and over that they need to be mashed. But is that only when you are trying to extract fermentables or does that also hold true for flavor and color. If not mashed, is it a waste to even have these in there?
Obviously the majority of the fermentables come from the LME and DME in this recipe and since it was sold as an extract kit, I wonder whether I should even try to get more fermentables out of these grains or not. Are there any flavor, color or mouthfeel reasons to have Munich and Biscuit malt in there if I'm only going to steep them? What say you, seasoned brewers?
Crisp Chocolate Malt 0.0625 lb
Crisp Crystal Malt 60L 0.5 lb
Briess 2 Row Carapils 0.5 lb
Caramel Munich. 0.5 lb
Biscuit 0.375 lb
Briess Golden Light Liquid Extract 3.3125 lb
Briess Golden Light Dry Extract 2.1875 lb
Willamette Pellets - 4.6% AA 1 oz
Fuggles Pellets, UK - 3.6% AA 1 oz
Wyeast Labs American Ale II - 1272 1 ea