What kind of beer did I make?

[steev]

I used
7lbs Munich malt extract
Steeped 2 oz of amber malt
2 oz crystal 4oL
I oz simcoe at 60 minutes
1 oz German magnum at 30 minutes
1 oz German mandarina bavaria at 15 minutes
4 oz malto dexterin last 15 minutes and extract last 5 minutes
Fermenting with wlp029 kolsch yeast

 

[steev]

I also did a 4 gallon boil and topped off to 5 gallons

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

German Altbier be my shooting from the hip guess. But hwy add a 2.50-3$ per oz hop at 60 minutes.

 

[btbnl]

What's the volume of wort? [edit: answered while I typed]
Is the extract liquid or dry?
What does "and extract last 5 minutes" mean - an additional 4oz, part of the 7lb, something else?
What are the AA% of the hops?

Guessing DME in 5G and 13/15/8% hops, it's looking like middling strength but pretty bitter (6% ABV, ~120 IBU) ... maybe an IPK!

 

[steev]

Sorry I meant to say I added the 7lbs of lme the last 5 minutes of the boil...I kinda just winged it what would have been your hop schedule?

 

[steev]

Pretty sure the hops were 12/12/8

 

[rmyurick]

So you boiled the hops without extract for 60 minutes? I don't understand the reasoning for that. I think you should add at least half the extract before the start of the boil.

 

[steev]

Lol didn't do it on purpose I kinda just forgot to add it...will that impact flavor and how?

 

[rmyurick]

Well, I think the bittering compounds see formed by the reaction between malt and alpha acids in the hops, so it probably won't be very bitter. It will probably still be beer, though. Let us know how it turns out.

 

[btbnl]

Well, I think the bittering compounds see formed by the reaction between malt and alpha acids in the hops, so it probably won't be very bitter. It will probably still be beer, though. Let us know how it turns out.

I think it's thermal isomerization of the alpha acids, and depends most strongly on the time spent boiling. Any dependence on wort gravity, pH, phase of the moon, or colour of your socks seems to be a subject of much debate. Most calculators predict increased utilization with lower gravity - enough that pushing all 7lb of LME to late addition notionally bumps the IBUs up to 150!

So let's call it an experiment! Let us know whether the result is mouth-puckeringly bitter or soul-crushingly bland.

 

[HAREEBROWNBEEST]

You my might be happy with whatever you get, like mentioned it will be beer (maybe). A Frankenbeer