JaseH
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I brewed an extract IPA a couple of months ago. Its my favorite drop at the moment and I'm about to run out so decided I better brew it again. I'm now doing AG, so will use the same hop schedule but need to come up with a grain recipe.
This was the extract malt recipe:
(24L batch size)
3.5kg LDME
0.5kg Dextrose
0.2kg Caramel/Crystal(118EBC)
0.1kg Carapils
It was fine, maybe a little sweet, possibly from all the LDME?
Anyway I brewed an all grain 10min IPA the other week, my first AG so trying to keep it simple I used this grain bill:
7.0kg Trad Ale Pale Malt (Joe White)
0.3kg Crystal (141EBC) (Joe White)
I tasted it the other day after a week in the bottle and it appears cloyingly sweet. It's still 'flat as a tack' so I'm assuming it will get better with some carbonation but am not sure I want my next one to be that sweet. I would still like some maltiness in there but without so much sweetness. Is the Joe White crystal responsible for this(it was only about 4% of the malt)?
If so would dropping the Crystal to about 2% and adding some Light or Dark Munich be better?
This was the extract malt recipe:
(24L batch size)
3.5kg LDME
0.5kg Dextrose
0.2kg Caramel/Crystal(118EBC)
0.1kg Carapils
It was fine, maybe a little sweet, possibly from all the LDME?
Anyway I brewed an all grain 10min IPA the other week, my first AG so trying to keep it simple I used this grain bill:
7.0kg Trad Ale Pale Malt (Joe White)
0.3kg Crystal (141EBC) (Joe White)
I tasted it the other day after a week in the bottle and it appears cloyingly sweet. It's still 'flat as a tack' so I'm assuming it will get better with some carbonation but am not sure I want my next one to be that sweet. I would still like some maltiness in there but without so much sweetness. Is the Joe White crystal responsible for this(it was only about 4% of the malt)?
If so would dropping the Crystal to about 2% and adding some Light or Dark Munich be better?