I am brewing an IPA extract recipe. I'm using LME and my specialty grains are 1 lb crystal 15L malt and 1 lb. 2 row.
I milled the two grains together so now they are mixed.
The guy at my LHBS said using a pound of 2 row would help give this extract brew some body. His suggestion was to just steep both of them for 30 minutes at 152.
My question is should I steep the grains at 160 for a half an hour like most other steeped grains, or try to mash my 1 lb of 2 row (that's mixed in with my crystal) at 152 for more like 45-60 minutes and sparge.
The real question is: Is 2 row completely useless as a steeped specialty grain? Is trying to mash just one pound of 2 row pointless?
I'm probably over thinking this, but any advice would be great. And next time I'm just going to do a straight up partial mash.
I milled the two grains together so now they are mixed.
The guy at my LHBS said using a pound of 2 row would help give this extract brew some body. His suggestion was to just steep both of them for 30 minutes at 152.
My question is should I steep the grains at 160 for a half an hour like most other steeped grains, or try to mash my 1 lb of 2 row (that's mixed in with my crystal) at 152 for more like 45-60 minutes and sparge.
The real question is: Is 2 row completely useless as a steeped specialty grain? Is trying to mash just one pound of 2 row pointless?
I'm probably over thinking this, but any advice would be great. And next time I'm just going to do a straight up partial mash.