Started dabbling with recipes to try to come up with some of my own original brews. Would love people's thoughts on this. Aiming for a balanced beer with a mix of chocolate/caramel/biscuity flavours.
Wondering what people thought of the balance below? I'm wondering if it should be a bit more bitter to balance out the sweeter malt flavours? I guess I'll only know once I try...
Type
All Grain
Efficiency
70.0%
Batch size
5.0 gal
Boil time
90 min
Fermentables
Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt 4.0 kg 75 %
Biscuit Malt 400.0 g 7 %
Crystal 65 350.0 g 6 %
CARAAMBER® 350.0 g 6 %
Chocolate Malt 200.0 g 3 %
Hops
NAME AMOUNT TIME USE FORM AA
First Gold Great Britain 20.0 g 90 min Boil Pellet 7.5%
First Gold Great Britain 10.0 g 15 min Boil Pellet 7.5%
Fuggle Great Britain 20.0 g 15 min Boil Pellet 4.8%
Fuggle Great Britain 20.0 g 5 min Boil Pellet 4.8%
Nottingham Ale Yeast
Predicted Stats
1.058 OG 1.013 FG 32 IBU 5.9% ABV 26 SRM 0.55 IBU/OG
Wondering what people thought of the balance below? I'm wondering if it should be a bit more bitter to balance out the sweeter malt flavours? I guess I'll only know once I try...
Type
All Grain
Efficiency
70.0%
Batch size
5.0 gal
Boil time
90 min
Fermentables
Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt 4.0 kg 75 %
Biscuit Malt 400.0 g 7 %
Crystal 65 350.0 g 6 %
CARAAMBER® 350.0 g 6 %
Chocolate Malt 200.0 g 3 %
Hops
NAME AMOUNT TIME USE FORM AA
First Gold Great Britain 20.0 g 90 min Boil Pellet 7.5%
First Gold Great Britain 10.0 g 15 min Boil Pellet 7.5%
Fuggle Great Britain 20.0 g 15 min Boil Pellet 4.8%
Fuggle Great Britain 20.0 g 5 min Boil Pellet 4.8%
Nottingham Ale Yeast
Predicted Stats
1.058 OG 1.013 FG 32 IBU 5.9% ABV 26 SRM 0.55 IBU/OG
