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...

[Soren]

2.4 kg golden promise + 0.7 kg golden promise = 3.1 kg golden promise?:)

No problem at all, got for it. substituting the pilsner for munich would just make it fatter, so do that if that's what you'd like... If there ever was a style that would suffer significantly from mixing base malt, stout is certainly NOT the one...

[Nick T]

oops I meant 2.4 kg of Global Cologne....

[Reviled]

Thinking of this for an APA to showcase the new Biscuit malt...

5kg Golden Promise
500g Global Munich
420g Global CaraLight
310g Biscuit

75 - 10g Summit 15.8%
20 - 15g Summit 15.8%, 15g Amarillo 7.5%, 15g Cascade 5.8%
15 - 20g Summit 15.8%, 20g Amarillo 7.5%
5 - 15g Cascadee 5.8%
Dry - 12g Summit, 18g Amarillo, 12g Cascade

US-05

[warra48]

Looks interesting.
I've used Amber in some of my APAs and Bitters, and like the result, so I think the Biscuit would go well.

[Reviled]

Cheers Warra, the idea is to use the caralight to give me some sweetness without the caramel flavour, im thinking this will counterbalance the dryness of the biscuit, maybe? lol - Will be an interesting experiment none the less :o)

[denimglen]

Sticklebract anyone?

Craftbrewer sez:

"A strong hop with a unique flavor profile, characterized by a nice pinelike aroma with a hint of citrus. It has a significant amount of Selinene, as found in English hops."

Pine and citrus sounds good. Only info I can find on Selinene is that it shows up in heaps of things, but has a large percentage in challenger, northdown and POR. Couldn't seem to find what it actualy tastes like - but judging by the fruit and veg it shows up in I'm gonna take a stab and say it's probably herbal.

Anyway, if any of you have any experience with this hop it'd be great to hear it.

[jt]

I used it as a bittering hop, no significant contribution either way for me

[Mike Neilson]

It does smell good!! in a citrus way

[Doublehoppy]

I'm interested in this as well. I've only used sticklebract for bittering so far. But... I now have 1 kilo of pellets care of the Auckland Guild so was thinking about doing an IPA or IIPA using only sticklebract and styrian goldings (imported)

[Reviled]

I believe Martin has brewed a bit with Stickelbract after getting some free from the NHC last year??

[Chris Banks]

Ask Jamis he had a very impressive looking crop of them this year!

[JackoNZ]

Any tips for mash temp for an ordinary bitter? I'll be using Global Kolsch as the base if that makes any difference. Also, S-04 ferment temps, I've let it get up to 20 before and picked up a slight banana aroma. I'd like to avoid that this time, would 17/18 be low enough to avoid the banana but high enough to still get some esters?