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Date: 21 Sep 2006 06:47:38
From: Shane
Subject: Recipie suggestions
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Hi,
Geeting ready to do a brew this weekend. Up till now I have done
Extract kits with some extra hops. My last brew I did my first Extract
with grains which turned out well but it was still with a Coopers kit.
I am going to do this brew with unhopped extract. I also have Cascade,
Hallertau(sp?) and Brewers Gold hops freshly picked and dried from the
backyard.
While buying a grain bag to put the hops in at a local wine making
place he sold me a couple of lbs of Chocolate malt and Black patent
malt at a $0.50 a lb.
So I now have some hops and some grains that may or may not go together
for a particular style. Although experimentation has pretty much
defined my brewing experiance (25 extract bres not one the same) I was
hoping someone could look at my ingredients and suggest something that
would work well. If I have to buy additional hops ( I have to for
bittering hops anyway) or grains to top up a recipie thats fine,
suggest away!
Thanks
Shane
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 09:58:40
From: Mark R
Subject: Re: Recipie suggestions
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"Shane" <ssuecu@hotmail.com > wrote in message
>
> I am going to do this brew with unhopped extract. I also have Cascade,
> Hallertau(sp?) and Brewers Gold hops freshly picked and dried from the
> backyard.
>
> While buying a grain bag to put the hops in at a local wine making
> place he sold me a couple of lbs of Chocolate malt and Black patent
> malt at a $0.50 a lb.
>
> So I now have some hops and some grains that may or may not go together
> for a particular style. Although experimentation has pretty much
> defined my brewing experiance (25 extract bres not one the same) I was
> hoping someone could look at my ingredients and suggest something that
> would work well. If I have to buy additional hops ( I have to for
> bittering hops anyway) or grains to top up a recipie thats fine,
> suggest away!
Shane, not experienced at designing recipes but I can send you to the recipe
page of my LHBS. All the recipes are unhopped LME with a small portion of
grain. Some of the grain may need to be mashed but not to worry. As I do,
you can "steep" your grains in a quantity of water suitable for mashing. I
use 1.5 qts per lb of grain at 158 degrees F. for one hour. Then I rinse
with another pot of water heated to 170 F. It gets me around 60-65%
efficiency but that's not as important as the flavor profiles that are
available by using the grain in combination with the extract.
Hope these give you some ideas.
http://www.defalcos.com/recipesbeer2.htm
Mark R
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 07:51:27
From:
Subject: Re: Recipie suggestions
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Shane wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Geeting ready to do a brew this weekend. Up till now I have done
> Extract kits with some extra hops. My last brew I did my first Extract
> with grains which turned out well but it was still with a Coopers kit.
>
> I am going to do this brew with unhopped extract. I also have Cascade,
> Hallertau(sp?) and Brewers Gold hops freshly picked and dried from the
> backyard.
>
> While buying a grain bag to put the hops in at a local wine making
> place he sold me a couple of lbs of Chocolate malt and Black patent
> malt at a $0.50 a lb.
>
> So I now have some hops and some grains that may or may not go together
> for a particular style. Although experimentation has pretty much
> defined my brewing experiance (25 extract bres not one the same) I was
> hoping someone could look at my ingredients and suggest something that
> would work well. If I have to buy additional hops ( I have to for
> bittering hops anyway) or grains to top up a recipie thats fine,
> suggest away!
>
> Thanks
>
> Shane
With what you have a porter would work if you buy some bittering hops
since you don't know the AA rating of the ones off of your bines.
6lb DME or 7.2 lb of LME (light or extra light)
.5 lb of chocolate malt
.25 lb of Black Patent
4-8 oz of maltodextrin if you have it. Not required, just gives it a
bit of mouthfeel.
1 oz of bittering hops in the 5-6% AA range hops for 60 min. I prefer
Goldings, but you can use what you like naturally.
.33 oz of 5-6% AA range hops for 10 min at end of boil.
The above recipe will make a very basic porter. If you like chocolate
(brown) porters add more chocolate malt, up to a pound. If you like
robust(black) porters up the patent to .5 lb. Too much chocolate malt
will simply leave you with a cloying sweet beer, but too much Black
Patent can taste like you are drinking from an old well used ashtray.
Also if you can pick up a pound of 20 to 60 Lovibond crystal malt you
can add that also, but like the maltodextrin, it's far from required
for a porter.
Bryan
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