Wanna make a recipe?

[gunhaus]

Through a quirk set of circumstances I find myself in possession of some freshly milled goodies that i think should get used up asap.

I have:

14oz of Crystal 60L
14 oz of Chocolate malt
6 oz of Black Malt

NOW - as for base malts, I have plenty of 2 row and 6 row on hand, and i even have 8 lbs of light DME if someone wants to mess around with an extract idea

I have some Notty, and some S-05 on hand

For hops there are good rations of Kent Goldings, Fuggles, Cascade, Centennial, and Nugget

There are also assorted goodies, like corn, rice, flaked barley, assorted sugars and syrups - so don't be afraid to toss in something you don't see listed. I can always pick up an odd or end too.

So anyway, in the interest of simplicity and using up the milled stuff I was thinking:
13 lbs Two row
14 oz crystal 60L
14 oz chocolate malt
6 os black malt
1.5 oz kent goldings@ 60 mi
0.5 oz Kent Goldings @ 15 min
.05 oz kent Goldings @ 0 min

Pitch some Notty and wait and see. Should be a porterish/stoutish sort of creature at about 6 - 6.5% abv I would imagine.

That said, how bought some other concoction ideas? I'd like to use up most of the milled stuff. gravity can be higher or lower, and as I said ingredients can be added. (Although I would like to stick with the yeasties and hops I have here at the moment)

Tag your it

 

[deadwolfbones]

Could make a huge batch of dark mild, though it would be better with a more interesting base malt. Could also do an Irish-ish stout. Just toss in some of that flaked barley and do a late mash addition with the black malt, dropping the crystal and chocolate.

You could also drop all the dark malts, add corn and rice, and do a cream of three crops type beer.

I'm interested in milds lately, so that's what I'd go for.

 

[Velnerj]

Check out Lil' Sparky's nut brown ale recipe. People have made hundreds of gallons of it and rave about it. You have most of the ingredients already.

 

[gunhaus]

Never forget - the goal is to use up the grains which are already milled before they go tasteless! Leaving them out would negate the purpose of the exercise!
The nut brown is a possibility!
I just figured maybe folks would like a chance to spend my money for me by inventing up a recipe or two -since I need to do something with these pre crushed goodies. I did think about subbing some flaked barley and a little special b for part of the 2 row - in the interest of being more stoutish than porterish - so many options!

 

[Velnerj]

Never forget - the goal is to use up the grains which are already milled before they go tasteless! Leaving them out would negate the purpose of the exercise!
The nut brown is a possibility!
I just figured maybe folks would like a chance to spend my money for me by inventing up a recipe or two -since I need to do something with these pre crushed goodies. I did think about subbing some flaked barley and a little special b for part of the 2 row - in the interest of being more stoutish than porterish - so many options!

How often do you brew? Crushed grains can stay good for months if stored well.

Nonetheless I get it. I unfortunately don't have the mental energy to help you out here. Perhaps later I'll chime in with something...

 

[gunhaus]

I have brewed at least once a month since 88 or 89 somewhere in there. Sometimes twice if i am so inclined. I know they will last - hell, I can freeze them in a vacuum bag and they'll go longer than that - I was just trying to make a little fun!!! And they were FREE - ANYTHING free is worth saving up for.

 

[mongoose33]

Should be a porterish/stoutish sort of creature

Had to LOL when I read that. A porterish/stoutish creature eh?

Is your recipe requirement that all of it be used up in one batch? I make a dark lager that uses 6 oz of chocolate malt and 6 oz of chocolate wheat. I'm not a big stout/porter guy, but those do add depth of flavor. If you reduced the dark malt to a fraction of what you have, but still have enough in there, I think you'd have a very interesting beer.

 

[kh54s10]

English version. Use your recipe.

American version use the Cascade, Centennial and US05

 

[gunhaus]

No hard and fast rules! Just use as much as possible-

I though the ish's were better than pouter or storter.

 

[beermanpete]

Use 20ish lbs of pale malt with that and make a Wee Heavy from the first runnings and a Scottish Ale from the second runnings.

 

[gunhaus]

Hey - thanks for the ideas! I had a slight change of plans; I thought I was going to have a free day Friday to brew, and it got switched around to today. i thought we'd have a couple more days to formulate plans! Not complaining though, and things are already heating up nicely as we speak. BUT i had to make a quick executive decision on what to do and I decided to make a slight variation on Ed Wort's robust porter-
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=56768

I am gonna use the 14oz each of chocolate and 60L I have, in place of his 1 pound of chocolate and 40L.

I could probably leave well enough alone there and it would be fine, but i went ahead and milled 4 oz of Special B to make up the difference. I think this will add a little more dimension to an already cool porter. A bit of raisin/prune sort of thing to the back ground i hope. Everything else the same. Should be pretty tasty - we'll know in a couple of months!