FrostyGrog
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Hi all, I only have about a year of brewing under my belt and I’m hoping someone could help me with some guidelines to brewing a simple clean IPA, possibly a session level ABV of around the low to mid 5%. Sadly, the only base malt I have is a Belgian Pilsen Malt as I have run out of 2-row.
I do have some specialty malts laying around also which I can list if it helps, I also have a freezer full of different hop varieties in varied amounts. I have searched everywhere to find a recipe that is an IPA or APA that uses Pilsen as a base malt. Where I live (in Costa Rica) I am about 7 hours from the LHBS and getting more ingredients isn’t an option.
As I have never used Pilsen Malt before I am not sure if I would need to use additions of darker malts to bring out some character, mouth feel or depth to the beer. I have looked at some SMASH beer ideas Like a “Yellow Rose” clone by Lone Pint Brewery and I have Mosaic hops, the only problem is it has an ABV of 6.8%.
In order to make a version that falls in the 5% ABV range I came up with this recipe.
14.4lb Pilsner (2 Row) Belgium
10.0 oz Flaked Wheat (for head retention)
0.70 oz Mosaic Boil 60 mins
1.14 oz Mosaic Boil 20 mins
1.60 oz Mosaic Boil 10 mins
2.3 oz Mosaic Whirlpool @ 170 degrees for 20 minutes
2.3 oz Mosaic dry hop 5 days.
Beersmith shows the ABV as 5.5% for a 7 gallon batch (6 gallons into the fermenter after a 90 minute boil)
Anybody here have suggestions, does this recipe look reasonable? Will it be a shadow of the original?
Cheers and thanks in advance.
I do have some specialty malts laying around also which I can list if it helps, I also have a freezer full of different hop varieties in varied amounts. I have searched everywhere to find a recipe that is an IPA or APA that uses Pilsen as a base malt. Where I live (in Costa Rica) I am about 7 hours from the LHBS and getting more ingredients isn’t an option.
As I have never used Pilsen Malt before I am not sure if I would need to use additions of darker malts to bring out some character, mouth feel or depth to the beer. I have looked at some SMASH beer ideas Like a “Yellow Rose” clone by Lone Pint Brewery and I have Mosaic hops, the only problem is it has an ABV of 6.8%.
In order to make a version that falls in the 5% ABV range I came up with this recipe.
14.4lb Pilsner (2 Row) Belgium
10.0 oz Flaked Wheat (for head retention)
0.70 oz Mosaic Boil 60 mins
1.14 oz Mosaic Boil 20 mins
1.60 oz Mosaic Boil 10 mins
2.3 oz Mosaic Whirlpool @ 170 degrees for 20 minutes
2.3 oz Mosaic dry hop 5 days.
Beersmith shows the ABV as 5.5% for a 7 gallon batch (6 gallons into the fermenter after a 90 minute boil)
Anybody here have suggestions, does this recipe look reasonable? Will it be a shadow of the original?
Cheers and thanks in advance.