I made an APA for my first AG brew and it turned out very nicely with a touch of honey/caramel aroma and taste (along with a nice hoppiness). I would like replicate and expand upon it, but I was thinking to reduce the bitterness a little from last effort to bring out the malt sweetness more.
Here is my original:
88% Pale Ale malt
6% Light Munich
6% Crystal 40
(don't know which brands, was my first AG!)
Hopburst style: Falconer's Flight pellets @20, 15, 10, 5, and FO to ~38IBUs
Wyeast 1056
I found it just a bit too bitter which made the honey/caramel weaker. I am thinking of tweaking it to this:
81.8% Marris Otter Pale
9.1% Munich I (Weyermann)
9.1% CaraMunich I (Weyermann)
Pseudo 10min APA style: 17% Magnum pellets @60 and 83% Falconer's Flight pellets @10 to ~33IBUs
Wyeast 1056
What do you guys think?
Josh.
Here is my original:
88% Pale Ale malt
6% Light Munich
6% Crystal 40
(don't know which brands, was my first AG!)
Hopburst style: Falconer's Flight pellets @20, 15, 10, 5, and FO to ~38IBUs
Wyeast 1056
I found it just a bit too bitter which made the honey/caramel weaker. I am thinking of tweaking it to this:
81.8% Marris Otter Pale
9.1% Munich I (Weyermann)
9.1% CaraMunich I (Weyermann)
Pseudo 10min APA style: 17% Magnum pellets @60 and 83% Falconer's Flight pellets @10 to ~33IBUs
Wyeast 1056
What do you guys think?
Josh.