Can someone have a look at this recipe?

[Rusty Chch]

Hey,

I'm trying to make an easy drinking lawnmower style beer at the moment. Am restricted to ales because I don't have any place to lager. I was thinking of going for something like (for 19l):

3.5kg base malt
700g vienna or munich
mash fairly low (probably 65ish)

German hops to bitter and aroma:
hallertauer 5% 20g for 60mins
tett 4.5g 15g for 15 minutes

Ferment with something fairly neutral (possibly US-05)

I know it's fairly unimaginative but I'm just after something pretty easy drinking and uncomplicated

Comments?

[Rusty Chch]

Great stuff. congrats!

I started the thread so I'm going to allow the off topic jaunt!

[MrC]

Congratulations! I already have 2 little assistants, they always get to taste the bubbles.

[HerrSchnapps]

We're going over tomorrow probably, making a Honey Brown Ale. With a totally un-tried recipe. I should probably post it up on here...

[James P]

Let us know what time you are going, may be a good time to have a meet at Wigram!

[Rusty Chch]

If you can put it on here, I might be able to make it over too.

[Reviled]

You fully should :o) Dont spose its going to be a case swap recipe?? ;oP

[HerrSchnapps]

Okay, so heres the recipe:
3kg Pale malt
500g Honey (at boil off)
350g Crystal 40
200g Crystal 120
200g Chocolate
50g Cara-amber
10g Northern Brewer @ 60 mins - 10 IBU
20g NZ Golding @ 30 mins - 7 IBU
Safale S-04
OG: 1.042 & 17 IBU

[Reviled]

Hey buddy, looks the goods... A bit low in the IBUs tho? Youre also not going to have much of a hop flavour, but if thats what youre going for then all good :o) If you bump up the fermenting temp you might get some nice fruity esters with S-04 which might go well with the honey?

Is this gonna be a case swap beer?

[HerrSchnapps]

It could well be in the running for a case-swap beer, hell, I hope all my beer is potential case-swap nominees :) I'm thinking a pretty low IBU to let the honey show through, its kind of a Honey Mild if you will...

[MrC]

It all sounds good to me. I'd also keep the temp as close to 17-18c as you can for the ferment to keep it nice & clean.

[Tony]

looks good. The only thing I might change is the boil time for your flavouring hops. I would make it 0-5 minutes, but definitely no more than 10. After that you start boiling out the essential oils and you end up with niether a bittering or flavouring/aroma affect. I think Tett are fairly high AA, are they not? Why not put in hallertauer for flavouring as well. That way it might be more balanced and even flavoured.

[Rusty Chch]

Duly noted, thanks!