notung
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I'm working on a recipe for a small, biscuity uk-styled table beer. I just had a go at the '100 grains' technique for formulating and tweaking my malt bill before I settled on a recipe. This is something that Sean Paxton mentioned in the 'Cooking w/ brewing ingredients' show on the Home Brewed Chef podcast (linky).
When I begin a recipe on Beersmith, I initially enter the mass of each grain as a percentage of total grist. Eg/ If I want 86% of maris otter, I enter 86kg and so forth. This makes it easier for me to scale recipes. For this recipe I was thinking of a grain bill like this:
86% maris otter
8% light crystal
3% dingmans biscuit
3% special b
So in my shot glass I put 86 grains of maris otter, 8 of crystal, 3 biscuit and 3 special b grains. You load it all into your mouth, trying to crunch every grain and think about the qualities that a grist like this will impart to your beer. After the test I decided I wanted more biscuity character so changed the grist to look more like this:
83% maris otter
8% light crystal
6% biscuit
3% special b
It's not a perfect tool but seems like a nice way to make adjustments to your grist without having to brew and mature a whole batch before you tweak. Has anyone else used this, and if so did you make adjustments that worked out? In addition, if you want to critique my recipe I'm open to that too!
When I begin a recipe on Beersmith, I initially enter the mass of each grain as a percentage of total grist. Eg/ If I want 86% of maris otter, I enter 86kg and so forth. This makes it easier for me to scale recipes. For this recipe I was thinking of a grain bill like this:
86% maris otter
8% light crystal
3% dingmans biscuit
3% special b
So in my shot glass I put 86 grains of maris otter, 8 of crystal, 3 biscuit and 3 special b grains. You load it all into your mouth, trying to crunch every grain and think about the qualities that a grist like this will impart to your beer. After the test I decided I wanted more biscuity character so changed the grist to look more like this:
83% maris otter
8% light crystal
6% biscuit
3% special b
It's not a perfect tool but seems like a nice way to make adjustments to your grist without having to brew and mature a whole batch before you tweak. Has anyone else used this, and if so did you make adjustments that worked out? In addition, if you want to critique my recipe I'm open to that too!
