recipes

[bgrand281]

I am working on a recipe, and don't know what style of beer it will be. How can I tell? I am new to brewing, 3 batches and counting, but know what flavor profiles i am after. But how do you know if it is going to be a porter, blonde, etc. It is going to have a lot of caramel based grains I am going to steep with, and malt extracts, I haven't picked out the yeast strain yet

 

[c.n.budz]

here ya go

http://www.bjcp.org/styles04/

 

[bgrand281]

thanks this is great info

 

[Bobby_M]

I hope you don't mind the possibility of making something that is potentially barely drinkable. Making things up this early on can lead to a cloying sticky brew if you overdue the caramels or underhop, etc. It's a lot easier to brew tried and true recipes especially when you're spending all that money on extracts.

 

[bgrand281]

I am reviewing all of my ideas with my lhbs, and they are great. home brew shop ltd. in St. Charles IL. The guy there, Ed, makes sure i don't screw up too bad. we came up with a porter recipe last time that smells great. the consern is really appreciated and if not for the help of some of you guys and the lhbs I drefinately would not be doing this kind of thinking. I will pass on the recipe to anyone interested, just let me know.

 

[bradsul]

You can post it here and we can help out too.

If you like designing your own recipes I'd highly recommend Designing Great Beers by Ray Daniels, fantastic reference book on the various styles and ingredients.