propush
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Hello everyone!
My name is Avichay (A-vi-CHAY, in case you care :] ), and I'm a new brewer. I actually started with all grain, and made a La-chouffe clone, which was EXCELLENT! Everything went very well with it. In fact, it went SO well, that I gained the confidence to go ahead and try to create my own recipe.
Obviously, accept for some theoretical knowledge, I do not have much experience with creating beer recipes. So I figured I'd ask some of you more experienced guys for your opinions prior to brewing it! I kindly ask that you explain the changes you recommend.
The availability of ingredients in my country is limited. Therefore, I was forced to choose certain ingredients. Please - if you just want to offer a very similar ingredient to what I got in the recipe - don't, I probably cant get the ingredients anyways :[
What will this beer be about (if you do not want to read a lot, go ahead to the table or the Hopville link, and see the recipe.):
This will be an extra special bitter style beer. I tasted some beers that are based on this style and are made locally, and I really loved them. I do not know what they had in them, beside one, which only had CARAFA as specialty malt (they were kind enough to write that on the bottle!).
This beer is to be deep ember in color, sweet tasting with caramel and other sweet tastes present. The sweetness is to be balanced with reasonable bitterness, appropriate to the extra special bitter style. I chose English hops, obviously. I also want it to have a bit of body, and a reasonable head retention.
I also ask specifically about water to grist ratio. The actual total amount of water - will be determined by a calculator, according to the batch size (correct me if I am wrong)
So, without further talking, here it is:
Hopville link: http://hopville.com/recipe/1643066
And in text:
All units are METRIC. Hops in GRAMS and grain in KILOGRAMS.
Batch size: 20L (~5.3 gallons):
water to grist ratio:????
Recipe type: All grain
Mash schedule: single infusion (mash 1 hour at 67C (153F))
Grain bill
Crystal 20 L 0.50 KG (1.1 LB)
Crystal 40 L 0.20 KG (0.44 LB)
Carapils 0.20 KG (0.44 LB)
Chocolate Malt 0.08 KG (0.18 LB)
Pale Ale Pearl 4.50 KG (9.92 LB)
Hops
Fuggle, Bittering, flavor 50g
East Kent Gloding, flavor & aroma 20g
Boil schedule
Time Addition Amount GR (Ounce)
60 Fuggles 40(1.41) Bittering
15 Fuggles 10(0.35) Flavor
15 East Kent Goldings 10(0.35) Flavor
5 East Kent Golding 10(0.35) Aroma
5 Irish moss 5(0.18, one teaspoon)
Yest: Munton's gold DRY yeast, with high flocculation and 73% attenuation.
(Yeast availability in my country is VERY LIMMITED)
Parameters:
O.G. :1.057 (1.050-1.059)
F.G. : 1.015 (1.013-1.016)
ABV: 5.6%
Color: 16 SRM (Deep Amber)
IBU 30 (F:Tinseth)
BU:GU : 0.53
Calories:~200 (30cl)
Thanks a lot for any and all help! I do not know any other brewers in real life, and have not one to ask!
Avichay.
My name is Avichay (A-vi-CHAY, in case you care :] ), and I'm a new brewer. I actually started with all grain, and made a La-chouffe clone, which was EXCELLENT! Everything went very well with it. In fact, it went SO well, that I gained the confidence to go ahead and try to create my own recipe.
Obviously, accept for some theoretical knowledge, I do not have much experience with creating beer recipes. So I figured I'd ask some of you more experienced guys for your opinions prior to brewing it! I kindly ask that you explain the changes you recommend.
The availability of ingredients in my country is limited. Therefore, I was forced to choose certain ingredients. Please - if you just want to offer a very similar ingredient to what I got in the recipe - don't, I probably cant get the ingredients anyways :[
What will this beer be about (if you do not want to read a lot, go ahead to the table or the Hopville link, and see the recipe.):
This will be an extra special bitter style beer. I tasted some beers that are based on this style and are made locally, and I really loved them. I do not know what they had in them, beside one, which only had CARAFA as specialty malt (they were kind enough to write that on the bottle!).
This beer is to be deep ember in color, sweet tasting with caramel and other sweet tastes present. The sweetness is to be balanced with reasonable bitterness, appropriate to the extra special bitter style. I chose English hops, obviously. I also want it to have a bit of body, and a reasonable head retention.
I also ask specifically about water to grist ratio. The actual total amount of water - will be determined by a calculator, according to the batch size (correct me if I am wrong)
So, without further talking, here it is:
Hopville link: http://hopville.com/recipe/1643066
And in text:
All units are METRIC. Hops in GRAMS and grain in KILOGRAMS.
Batch size: 20L (~5.3 gallons):
water to grist ratio:????
Recipe type: All grain
Mash schedule: single infusion (mash 1 hour at 67C (153F))
Grain bill
Crystal 20 L 0.50 KG (1.1 LB)
Crystal 40 L 0.20 KG (0.44 LB)
Carapils 0.20 KG (0.44 LB)
Chocolate Malt 0.08 KG (0.18 LB)
Pale Ale Pearl 4.50 KG (9.92 LB)
Hops
Fuggle, Bittering, flavor 50g
East Kent Gloding, flavor & aroma 20g
Boil schedule
Time Addition Amount GR (Ounce)
60 Fuggles 40(1.41) Bittering
15 Fuggles 10(0.35) Flavor
15 East Kent Goldings 10(0.35) Flavor
5 East Kent Golding 10(0.35) Aroma
5 Irish moss 5(0.18, one teaspoon)
Yest: Munton's gold DRY yeast, with high flocculation and 73% attenuation.
(Yeast availability in my country is VERY LIMMITED)
Parameters:
O.G. :1.057 (1.050-1.059)
F.G. : 1.015 (1.013-1.016)
ABV: 5.6%
Color: 16 SRM (Deep Amber)
IBU 30 (F:Tinseth)
BU:GU : 0.53
Calories:~200 (30cl)
Thanks a lot for any and all help! I do not know any other brewers in real life, and have not one to ask!
Avichay.