Recommend a recipe - From my ingredients

[Tamati]

Hi,

I haven't posted on here before, I have been using the forum for a while but only to read previous threads.

Can somebody suggest a suitable beer style and recipe from the ingredients I have:

1 KG Vienna Malt
1 KG pale Wheat malt
2kg Amber Crisp
2kg Dark Crystal
1kg Brown Malt
1kg Pale Crystal
4kg Maris otter
1.8 kg Pale LME
2KG Light DME

Hops
Angus
Sterling
Triskel
Chinook
Citra

Yeast
Safale S-04
West Coast Style Ale Yeast

I'm a bit short on time this week but really need to get a beer going. An extract or partial mash recipe would be best.


Thank you

 

[chickypad]

Well with the west coast yeast and some of those American hops you could make an APA, IPA, amber, might be able to get into brown range with the brown malt though I would usually have some chocolate in there. With the 04 you could make more of an English style pale/bitter I guess though using the noble like hops - I'm not as good with English styles. What do you want to drink?

 

[Tamati]

Thanks for the help. I have currently have an English bitter in a fermenter, so maybe an American amber - brown would be nice.

Could that utilise my malt extracts and then steep some of the crystal and brown malts?

 

[chickypad]

To use up most of your extract I think something like this could make a nice amber. I had to guess at the color of your crystal and using defaults for hop aa%'s. I think technically amber and brown malt should be mashed but I think you may get some flavor steeping. I'm calculating for 20L batch, thankful for Beersmith as I can't think in metric:

Batch Size (fermenter): 20.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.053 SG
Estimated Color: 13.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 38.7 IBUs

0.35 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L 9.2 %
0.20 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L 5.3 %
0.20 kg Amber (Crisp) (27.0 SRM) 5.3 %
1.25 kg Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) 32.9 %
1.80 kg Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) 47.3 %
12.00 g Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min 21.1 IBUs
14.00 g Citra [13.40 %] - Boil 15.0 min 12.6 IBUs
14.00 g Citra [13.40 %] - Boil 5.0 min 5.1 IBUs
28.00 g Citra [13.40 %] - Boil 0.0 min

I was trying to get your color in range, that's the max crystal I would use but since you're just steeping I think that's okay. You could also try swapping out the amber for brown going for a little more roasty flavor than biscuity. I just don't have experience steeping those.

 

[Tamati]

I'm calculating for 20L batch, thankful for Beersmith as I can't think in metric:

I'm the same, although the opposite. I can't think in imperial at all.
Which can be annoying as the majority of web based beer recipes are from your side of the Atlantic.


Many thanks for the recipe, I might get that going this evening. It sounds like it should turn out really nice.

Cheers!

 

[chickypad]

Metric would be so much easier, unfortunately it is what it is. Let us know how it turns out if you brew it.

 

[Tamati]

Bottled the brew yesterday. The smell was absolutely mouth watering, it had a lovely amber/brown colour and the ABV came out at 5.4%. I can't wait to give it a try.

My gut feeling is that this will be much nicer than the AG Bitter I bottled yesterday as well.

Thanks for the help,

I'll report back once I've tasted it

 

[Tamati]

Thank very much for the recipe. It worked out very nice indeed. I have since brewed 2 more batches, only changing the hops.

Thanks again!