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Kevin Whyte
New Member
Username: Kwhyte
Post Number: 10
Registered: 11-2009
Posted From: 67.174.85.238
| | Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 09:08 am: | 
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I'd like to use the ingredients I have on hand for the next two batches (5gal each) and trying to figure out what to do. I thought I'd ask here for suggestions. Here's what I have on hand:
Grain - 2-row (10 lbs), MO (10 lbs), Dark Munich (2.5 lbs), Victory (1 lb), 60L Crystal (1lb)
Hops - nearly a lb each of Amarillo, Cascade, Columbus, and Magnum plus about half that much of Willamette.
Yeast - only S-05 and Nottingham.
I think an APA/American IPA is obvious given the yeast and hops, but the second brew is harder if I want it to not taste too similar.
I was thinking using the 2-row, some of the MO, Victory, and possibly some sugar in a hoppy IPA (with Cascade, Amarillo, etc) and the bulk of the MO, crystal, and Munich in something ESB-like with the Willamette. Sound reasonable? |
gregory gettman
Advanced Member
Username: Gregman
Post Number: 724
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 71.234.66.25
| | Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 03:24 pm: |
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How about a parti-gyle Alt and IPA. Or maybe one lovely barley-wine.
Just throwing it out there..........
(Message edited by gregman on January 30, 2010)
(Message edited by gregman on January 30, 2010) |
Kevin Whyte
New Member
Username: Kwhyte
Post Number: 11
Registered: 11-2009
Posted From: 67.174.85.238
| | Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 01:55 am: |
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A barleywine is an intriguing idea, but I'm running low on beer on tap so I'd prefer something more routinely drinkable and that'll be ready faster. Parti-gyle won't work, I don't have the equipment for that large a mash or boil, so it'll have to be separate brew sessions. I'm not all that familiar with Alts, is S-05 or Notty appropriate for the style?
I'm currently thinking of these two brews, and American IPA and a bitter/ESB:
IPA:
10# 2-Row
2.5# Munich
1# Victory
mashed at 148
.5 oz each Cascade, Columbus, Amarillo FWH
.5 oz Columbus @60 min
.5 oz Columbus @30 min
.5 oz each Cascade, Columbus, Amarillo @10 min
.5 oz each Cascade, Columbus, Amarillo @flameout
.5 oz each Cascade, Columbus, Amarillo dry hop
ferment with S-05
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ESB:
10# Maris Otter
1# British Crystal 50L
mash at 154
hops:
.75 Magnum 60 min
1 oz Willamette FWH
1 oz Willamette 10 min
1 oz Willamette flameout
ferment with Nottingham
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Any comments on either of these? |
Mike Vachow
Member
Username: Mike
Post Number: 178
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 71.153.55.252
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 02, 2010 - 03:38 am: |
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For max beer production, you could easily squeeze three batches of beer out of your total malt store. How about splitting the malt evenly into three synonymous bills and making a pale ale hops experiment out of the whole deal with a little yeast variable and some first wort- and dry-hopping thrown in to boot?
Mike
St. Louis |
Kevin Whyte
New Member
Username: Kwhyte
Post Number: 12
Registered: 11-2009
Posted From: 67.174.85.238
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 02, 2010 - 06:11 am: |
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I wish I'd thought of that, it'd be nice to get a good sense for the differences between some of the hops. I may try that with my next pale ale batch, probably with a simpler malt bill. I brewed the IPA as above on Sunday, hopefully it'll work out. I'm going to try to to get the ESB done this weekend. Thanks to everyone for the advice. |
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