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My First Recipe (sort of)
Hi there, I'm trying to work out if I could beef up the Summer Ale recipe. I'm not sure if i'm writing this right...but here goes (beersmith is still p***ing me off!) I'm thinking of a 60 minute brew time.
350g Crushed Crystal Malt (30 mins steep)
2kg Light Dried Malt Extract
15g Progress Hops
20g Golding Hops (boil for 30 mins)
450g Belgium Candi Sugar
10g Progress Hops
20g Golding Hops (boil for 15mins)
250g Demerara Sugar
250g Molasses Sugar
10g Golding (aroma -boil for 2 mins)
I was tinking of using the Safale S-04 yeast with the pack. my calculations make it about 6%.
Any thoughts?
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Posted 1 year ago by Admin
Whats the brew length?
Not sure I would put that much sugar in that style of beer, I would probably beef up with Spray malt to be honest. Add 1kg after the boil but its up to you.
Is there a reason for the different sugars?
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Had a brew length of 21 Litres in mind. The idea of the sugars was to up the abv. I'd also been told that varying types of sugars will add to taste and complexity. I was hoping the molasses would also give some colour and the candi an almost belgium tone.
Would adding spraymalt be a better idea? Am I hoping for too much?
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
It really depends on what you are looking to end up with. The Summer ale recipe is a light, tawny coloured session ale. Mildly hopped and low ABV. If you add sugars then you will be increasing the ABV and spraymalt would be a more appropriate sugar addition for that style of beer. Obviously if you are looking to create something different then you need to follow the guide for that style. If you start going out of style (especially when beginning) then you are almost certainly heading for trouble. You may get lucky but more than likely end up with something that tastes home made rather than what you are looking for. Also if you start messing around with 3 different sugars then you will not be able to tell what's doing what when you taste it which will not help you with future recipe creation.
When experimenting its best to do one or two things at a time, so you can taste the effects.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Thanks for the advice. Might add the Spraymalt and one other sugar to observe the changes. Will let you know how it goes.
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Just a thought.. if you do add lots of sugar - or any sugar really, try boiling it up for a few mins in water and tipping it in just as the boil finishes.
Have fun, hope you create a monster that blows your socks off :o) I keep thinking I'll see what I can do with something that would reduce the European grain mountain and all of tate & lyle's stocks, see how dry a beer can go, but I never do ... always go for a relatively 'safe' option.
Blame the missus and the lack of brewdays.
OK - decision. Stop blaming the missus for everything (even though it's her fault)
:o)
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Haven't been brewing long but got a book on 'Extreme Brewing' from the library and the idea of brewing IPA's with massive aromas, massive ABV bitter or strange stouts has got my mind buzzing!
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
I'm all for experiments but if you go way off style then you are risking producing something undrinkable. Keep the IBU inline with the ABV as this is the most important thing. If you do this then at worst you'll get something that's drinkable. If you start messing with massive IBU then you could be asking for trouble. Huge aroma's aren't really a big issue as I don't think there are many home brewers who would chuck something for smelling too hoppy, I don't think there is such a thing!
Personally though, I tend to do one experiment at a time so I can really judge the results then hone the recipe from there. With the huge range to hops, grains and yeasts then are a million combinations to try without even heading too much out of style guidelines and you will always end up with something that you are proud of although if you are like me then you will probably always end up you own worst critic.
If you like Pale beers then try experimenting with different hops and yeasts to start with.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
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