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Yesterday I went to BrewCraft in Sinoville to restock on some things to brew. I asked about a grain recipe kit similar to those from Beer Keg and they showed me one box that was for a partial mash Chocolate Black Ale. The price seemed right and I thought this might be a good chance to get into grain brewing since I want to move away from extracts.
I was unable to find any literature about this kit online but the printout that came in the box listed an ingredient that was not in the box: 150g toasted 2-row. This is no big deal, and I am not going to go back to get it as I live on the other side of town.
So I thought to myself this might be a good chance to start experimenting with grain recipes from the get go! The only problem is, I am still very green when it comes to how an ingredient will affect what I'm brewing. Thus I loaded the original recipe into Brewer's Friend and tried to match some style that they had on there. I will post the result here, please note all the ingredients marked with a * are part of the original kit. The rest are my incompetent additions
Basically the standard recipe with the addition of oats and DME to make up for the lost sugar from that missing toasted 2-row and to boost the ABV up a bit (BF said it was about 3.1% before, 4.9% now).
Whaddaya think? I added oats as I think I might like the creaminess it's said to produce (I am a heavy Guiness drinker). I also have dextrose on hand if you think I should add that.
If all this seems OK, then I think I'm going to half the recipe so that I can actually fit a full volume boil into my pot and if it's a cock-up that it's not a total loss in terms of ingredients.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Yesterday I went to BrewCraft in Sinoville to restock on some things to brew. I asked about a grain recipe kit similar to those from Beer Keg and they showed me one box that was for a partial mash Chocolate Black Ale. The price seemed right and I thought this might be a good chance to get into grain brewing since I want to move away from extracts.
I was unable to find any literature about this kit online but the printout that came in the box listed an ingredient that was not in the box: 150g toasted 2-row. This is no big deal, and I am not going to go back to get it as I live on the other side of town.
So I thought to myself this might be a good chance to start experimenting with grain recipes from the get go! The only problem is, I am still very green when it comes to how an ingredient will affect what I'm brewing. Thus I loaded the original recipe into Brewer's Friend and tried to match some style that they had on there. I will post the result here, please note all the ingredients marked with a * are part of the original kit. The rest are my incompetent additions
- Sugars:
- *1.7kg amber LME (late addition)
- *1kg Pale 2-row
- *500g Chocolate
- *500g Carafa III
- 1kg rolled oats
- 500g light DME
- Hops:
- *30g Nelson Sauvin @ 60 min
- *20g Motueka @ 15 min
- *30g Motueka @ 1 min
- *50g Motueka @ 5 days dry hop.
- *1 packet of Mangrove Jack's British Ale yeast
Basically the standard recipe with the addition of oats and DME to make up for the lost sugar from that missing toasted 2-row and to boost the ABV up a bit (BF said it was about 3.1% before, 4.9% now).
Whaddaya think? I added oats as I think I might like the creaminess it's said to produce (I am a heavy Guiness drinker). I also have dextrose on hand if you think I should add that.
If all this seems OK, then I think I'm going to half the recipe so that I can actually fit a full volume boil into my pot and if it's a cock-up that it's not a total loss in terms of ingredients.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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