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...

[studio1]

Sweet good ideas chaps.

[JackoNZ]

Planning on an oktoberfest beer next. Had a chat with Rev about this one and finally came up with this:

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 19.00 L
Boil Size: 25.64 L
Estimated OG: 1.059 SG
Estimated Color: 11.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 27.0 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
3.00 kg Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 55.56 %
2.00 kg Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 37.04 %
0.20 kg Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 3.70 %
0.20 kg Melanoiden Malt (20.0 SRM) Grain 3.70 %
25.00 gm Hallertauer, New Zealand [7.10 %] (60 minHops 21.8 IBU
10.00 gm Hallertauer, New Zealand [7.10 %] (20 minHops 5.3 IBU
2 Pkgs Safale W34/70 (DCL Yeast #W34/70) Yeast-Lager

Went for the caramunich in the end as it gives the beer a nice colour and want to try that grain out. Just added the melanoiden in last minute as read it's the biz. Plan is to ferment for 14 days at 10-12 then rack to secondary and throw a Munich Dunkel straight onto the yeast cake.

Any advice on the caramunich and melanoiden amounts, look ok?

[Reviled]

Good amount of melanoiden, but I really dont think you will need the caramunich as youll be getting a fair bit of sweetness from the munich and vienna...

[JackoNZ]

ok you win, I'll drop the caramunich!

[Reviled]

Thoughts on this sort of pseudo lager/blande ale type thingamebob for my FIL who wanted me to brew something more like macs gold... I dont want to brew anything that shit, but considering doing this...

OG - 1040 with 19IBU's
2.25kg Pale
750g Munich II - to up the malt flavours
250g Cane Sugar - to dry it out

60 - 5g NZ Cascade 5.8%
20 - 20g Amarillo 8.6%

[Haish]

Isn't that a waste of Amarillo if you're giving most of it away? Maybe some Motueka or Riwaka as the finishing hop?

[Reviled]

I guess it could be seen as a waste, I jus figured that Amarillo is fairly pleasant, and althought its not really nuetral it is in a way cos its not full on fruity and has a bit of a spicy/floral aspect as well..

Got to sneak a bit of flavour in there to help the craft beer revolution ;o)

[Haish]

Waste was probably a bit strong. Motueka or Riwaka at 20g shouldn't be overly fruity and would be a good intro to craft beer. Save the Amarillo for your next IPA :)

[jt]

A Cascade & Motueka combo goes down a treat

[Bambule]

Thinking of a Belgian Blonde using the wyeast trappist 3787. There's probably something more appropriate but thats what I have.

So far I'm at
80 % Pils
9% Vienna
1% Caraaroma
10% Clear Candisugar

OG 1.062

Bittered with Styrian Goldings one addition. Considering a 90 min boil.

Any advice?

[JoKing]

Bambule... My Man...

Can't really comment on your recipe - but looks like a "La Trappe" or "Leffe" type of blonde to me. I have this Porter bottled for you bro - Are you going to the Malthouse this Friday or Saturday?

[Bambule]

Hey that's right, your in town. What's your plans? My weekends a bit shackled to looking after the kids on Saturday and Sunday but I could make a stealth trip on the train to the Malthouse Friday night. Let me know your movements and I'll try to work something out. Have an american stout and a dubbel here for you, need to get them out of the house before I drink them.