Recipe Advice Thread

[denimglen]

Thought it might be handy to have a thread for some of the more advanced brewers to give some advice on recipes.

Let's see how it goes eh...

[denimglen]

Screams APA or AAA to me.

Could also go blonde ale or light lager too.

[Matthew]

I'd go nuts on an APA/NZPA too. Cascade, Willy and Motueka, lots of em.

[Mike Neilson]

Just go down to great expectations and pick up some Roast barley about 1kg and do a

15% Roast Barley
500g Oat Malt??
Rest GP to get to about 1.045
And S04 much to everyones discussed!! but ferment @ 18!!

[jt]

You'd probably want some roast barley for a good dry stout too ?

If you need a bit of black, chocolate or pale chocolate for colour I have some handy

ooops, just read Mikes post

[Matthew]

15% roast and S04?!? Sounds like sabotage. Don't listen to him... ;-)

[Mike Neilson]

Sabotage???? Nope!!!!! Trust me on this one!! But you have to do some black magic to your water and it will be good!!

[Reviled]

Bro 15% roast??? Mike, ive said it before, you are one crazy mofo :oP Im about to brew an oatmeal stout early next year which has 7% and im scared of it allready with that much hahaha

[jt]

10% roast and 05 ?

O4 is too smoothing to the bitterness for me - maybe that's why Mike suggested 15%

[Matthew]

I chickened out at 10% and went with 8. Mind I'm not using 04 or 05...

[jt]

I chickened out at 10% and went with 8

If you're short on the roast, you'll need good bitteerness

[Matthew]

That's where the hops come in. I hope...

[Matthew]

All done. I upped to 10%. Over shot the OG by a few points but no biggie. Got the volume I was after anyway.