What to do with botched bulk grain order?

[dragonbreath11]

I ordered some grain from the CHI Company and someone botched the order and sent 21lbs of grain all in one sack instead of separating it.


3 x Crystal 60 (GW Crystal 60 - 1 Lb.)
2 x Carapils (Briess Carapils - 1 Lb.)
3 x Victory (Briess Victory - 1 Lb.)
3 x Roasted Barley - 1Lb. (Crisp - Roasted Barley - 1lb.) $5.27
3 x Crystal 30 (GW Crystal 30 - 1 Lb.) $3.99
3 x Crystal 75 (GW Crystal 75 - 1 Lb.) $3.99
3 x Crystal 120 (GW Crystal 120 - 1 Lb.) $3.99

Now I have 21lbs. of mixed grain. Don't see how I can make a good beer with these ingredients...

Credit to the guys at CHI company though. They are resending the grain separately as soon as I let them know. Any ideas of what I can do?

 

[Dr. Francois]

BARLEYWINE! BARLEYWINE! BARLEYWINE!


Wooooooooh!

 

[stevo155]

3 lbs of roasted barley and a S&$load of crystal...add it to your compost pile or feed it to chickens ( Barleywine Eggs?)

 

[bribo179]

Mix it with base malts and make something stout like?

 

[LandoLincoln]

Treat it like a really advanced jigsaw puzzle. Get some tweezers and go to town on separating the grains.

 

[dragonbreath11]

Suppose I split the sack into thirds? and use 1/3 and a base malt to make Imperial Stout? This is the recipe I came up with assuming all grains will be distributed equally. I know I'm all over the place with the hops but I kind of want to clear my inventory.

You think this would make a fine Imperial Stout? Critiques welcome.

 

[theonetrueruss]

I'd split it in 8 instead of 3 and see what that made.

 

[bja]

I'd split it in 8 instead of 3 and see what that made.

Yeah split it 6 or 8 ways would be better. Way too much crystal if you don't.

 

[dragonbreath11]

Yes you're right I'll try splitting it in 8. You think it's worth trying though? As you know brewing is a lot of fun but also a lot of work I don't want to make a dumper. It'd be a shame to throw good grain out.

 

[slothorentropy]

What's with all the tiny batch sparge steps in your recipe plan there?

 

[dragonbreath11]

What's with all the tiny batch sparge steps in your recipe plan there?

Nevermind those I was still tweaking the recipe.

Updated version split into 8ths. That puts the specialty grains to 2.5lbs at about 14% of the grain bill.

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