Crystal Malt Heavy Recipes?

[Da Bear]

Just a quick one, if you happened to have a love of ales, plenty of extract and partial mash brewing experience, no AG experience and a 25kg bag of JW Crystal fall in your lap, what would you brew?
I've been interested in giving BIAB a go for a while, and it would appear that the universe is suggesting that it might be a good idea :icon_cheers:

 

[QldKev]

A big IPA, plenty of Super Alpha for bittering, and Cascade and Amarillo mixed for all later hops.

QldKev

 

[manticle]

Or an ESB with a good dose of bittering - no need to be shy with late hops or dry hopping either.

25 kg bags of spec malts last a long time though. Got any brewing friends?

 

[marksfish]

or even a scottish ale.

 

[unrealeous]

A relevant thread
Linky

 

[Screwtop]

NO MORE THAN 15% OF GRIST MAX :angry:

 

[schooey]

NO MORE THAN 15% OF GRIST MAX :angry:

Hehehe... I know a bloke who made this weird dessert beer thing with 70% crystal malts and fortified some with muscat, some with a port and some with a single malt and aged it all on oak... :unsure:

I hear the muscat one is really coming into it's own...

 

[jakub76]

Perfect for extract brews. Base being light/pale malt extract then colour up by steeping your crystal - amount depending on style. Sounds like you've got around 50+ brews worth there, perhaps you should be thinking about effective storage methods.

 

[Da Bear]

Thanks for the advice Team, particularly your link unrealeous, has inspired some further study.
I'd not come across your 15% rule before Screwtop, but it does help explain why I've not come across many recipes with a significant proportion of Crystal.

So effective storage methods it is, and perhaps a bit of a share out with some of my brewing mates.
Thanks again,

Bear