Recipe help

[sjvicker]

I'm brewing tomorrow and am not too sure what specialty grain I should buy and I really don't have any clue what to brew but I do know I dont want to buy any more hops, 2-row or yeast. Does anyone have any ideas?

here's what I have:

lbs of cascade, centennial, chinook, goldings and nugget
about 9lbs of 2-row
nottingham ale yeast

Thanks

 

[Oldsock]

You can do pretty much any American or English style: brown, porter, stout, pale ale, IPA, amber, red, mild, bitter etc... I'd lean towards American since it is a pretty clean yeast and I assume you have a domestic basemalt. What are you in the mood for?

 

[sjvicker]

An amber sounds good. I've done this one before with Saaz that I wouldn't mind trying again with different hops.

8lb 2-row
2lb cara pils
2lb caramel /crystal 60
1lb vienna

Now what mix of cascade, centennial, chinook, goldings and nugget would everyone recommend?

 

[Yooper]

That's about 3 pounds too much of crystal! Well, at least 2 pounds too much. I wouldn't use more than 1.5 pounds (total) in a 5 gallon batch of American amber.

You could bitter with the centennial or nugget, and use centennial and cascade for flavor and aroma.

I don't have software in front of me to figure out the OG here, but I'd probably aim for an OG of 1.050-1.060 with IBUs of 35-40 and use the flavor/aroma hops at 15 minutes, 5 minutes, and flame out for an American amber that has some nice hop flavor as well.

 

[sjvicker]

Thanks for the advice. I'll go with the brew below and see how it goes

9.5 lb 2-row
2 lb cara pils
1 lb caramel/crystal 60
1 lb vienna
1 oz cascade 60min
1 oz goldings 20min
.5 oz centennial 10min