Quarantine ale...

[Moezart]

Hello everyone,
Due to what is happening with this pandemic stuff, I decided to brew a batch with whatever ingredients I had left in the house

13 lbs pale malt (homemade)
3.5 os caramel 60. (Homemade)
3 lbs raw barley
2 lbs clear Belgian Candi Sugar (homemade)
1 Oz Citra hops @60 min
0.5 Oz Citra @ 30 min
0.5 Oz sazz @ 10 min
15 min before flame out I added a Bouquet of:
2oz dried rosemary
Peel of 3 bergamots
2 teaspoons of cloves
1 tablespoon crushed coriamder

US 05 yeast.

What do you guys think? Is this a crazy recipe or did I do alright?
I think it smells and tastes awesome...
I guess I ll have to wait and see

Let me know what you guys think..

 

[brownni5]

I think it sounds like a hot mess. The thing is, it doesn't matters much what I think! Enjoy!

 

[Kickass]

Is this a crazy recipe

Yes!

Drop the C60, raw barely, and cloves and I might-could be on board.

I’d probably still commit to a pint of the published recipe

 

[greywolf]

I'd lose the cloves-sounds like fall.

 

[bkboiler]

Interesting...why did you choose to bitter with the citra?

 

[day_trippr]

The OP did say he's brewing with what he has on hand, and frankly Saaz isn't much of a bittering hop...

Cheers!

 

[Gnomebrewer]

What do you mean by 'homemade' pale malt? Do you grow and malt it yourself?

 

[Miraculix]

The beer part of it sounds all right, the herb and fruit part of it sounds like it doesn't belong there.

 

[Moezart]

Interesting...why did you choose to bitter with the citra?

Because that is all I have left. Plus citrus flavors go well with rosemary

 

[Moezart]

What do you mean by 'homemade' pale malt? Do you grow and malt it yourself?

I buy raw grains and malt them myself.

 

[Moezart]

The OP did say he's brewing with what he has on hand, and frankly Saaz isn't much of a bittering hop...

Cheers!

I put saaz at the end of boil (10 min) it was not used for bittering.

 

[day_trippr]

Clearly...