Lord Raja Goomba I
Prisoner of Sobriety
So, as some of you may know, I upped and moved south to Tassie and got rid of my equipment and ingredients up in Brisneyland.
Courtesy of a fortuitous association with a maltser at a local malting place, I know have acquired 50kg of JW Pilsener Malt (25kg of it will be made into a wash for a spiritual friend..., so 25kg for me). I would normally use Weyermann's Pils, but beggars-choosers-etc, hey?
Realistically, I don't use much Pils malt at all - I generally go for fuller bodied malts as the base for an IPA, APA, EPA, BB, you get the hint.
I've also come into a large quantity of hops - some American, Aussie, English and a tiny bit of Euro stuff. This was courtesy of an extremely generous AHB member, who I won't name unless he PMs me and wants me to.
Whilst I still, as cheaply as possible, try to acquire what I need to get brewing equipment-wise, I thought I'd ponder my first Tassie brewed recipe.
I know this will be a "how long is a piece of string" type of question, but what can I do with JW Pils malt? I'll list a few parameters that narrow the field a bit:
Courtesy of a fortuitous association with a maltser at a local malting place, I know have acquired 50kg of JW Pilsener Malt (25kg of it will be made into a wash for a spiritual friend..., so 25kg for me). I would normally use Weyermann's Pils, but beggars-choosers-etc, hey?
Realistically, I don't use much Pils malt at all - I generally go for fuller bodied malts as the base for an IPA, APA, EPA, BB, you get the hint.
I've also come into a large quantity of hops - some American, Aussie, English and a tiny bit of Euro stuff. This was courtesy of an extremely generous AHB member, who I won't name unless he PMs me and wants me to.
Whilst I still, as cheaply as possible, try to acquire what I need to get brewing equipment-wise, I thought I'd ponder my first Tassie brewed recipe.
I know this will be a "how long is a piece of string" type of question, but what can I do with JW Pils malt? I'll list a few parameters that narrow the field a bit:
- My abovementioned beer styles I normally brew appear not to be compatible with this malt
- I can get hold of whatever dry yeast I need, within reason
- I have the hops to fit most styles of beer
- It's going to get cold here soon, so I don't really want to drink much Pilsener, Lager, that sort of thing. I want meatier beers
- AFAIK, I should be able to access some basic spec malts locally from the health food shop (I've been told in 500g quantities). But otherwise, no large quantities of base malt (or any malt) at a reasonable price. When I can, I'll order in larger quantities and have it shipped, but this exercise is 'what can I do with what I have?'.
- I'm going to use a coffee grinder until I can afford a mill.