Simplest Ag Recipe

[pb unleaded]

Hi all.
I want to make a simple AG beer with only one type of any ale malt
and one type of any 5% alpha hop in a 23 lt batch with a
single infussion mash at around 60% efficiency.

I am hoping to make a 5-6% alc/vol 25-30 IBU beer.

This is what I have:

5 kg malt
30g hops (2 plugs) @ 60min
1 plug @ 20
1 plug @ 5
melbourne tap water
good dry yeast

How do these ratios sound?

Thanks

arthur

 

[homebrewworld.com]

arthur,
All will be ok, but can i suggest to download the free version of 'Promash' brewers software. www.promash.com
I takes all the guesswork out of recipe formulation.
You will never look back !
:beer:

 

[Ash in Perth]

I would use munich malt. never used it as 100% of the malt but used it as a base malt in alot of beers. makes a good IPA or bitter i think.

 

[stephen]

According to Promash you will have roughly a 1.050 SG and IBU's of 24.8. This should produce a beer of around 5% ish and at the lower end of the bitterness you requested. This based on a 23 l batch.

Steve

 

[Ash in Perth]

at 60% efficiency you would only be looking at about 1.040 for the grav.

 

[goatherder]

Ale or Lager?

You could make a pretty wide range of beers with this recipe. VMO lager, Pils, Aussie PA, English PA, Aussie megaswill clone etc. What sort of beer are you after?

I'm keen to hear how you go, I like the concept. Kind of similar to Bindi's "same grainbill-different beer" thread from yesterday.

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...showtopic=11021

 

[pb unleaded]

Thanks people.
I already have promash and beersmith. I just wanted something simple
(cheap) and easy to remember so I dont have to fire up the computer every time I brew.

arthur

 

[bindi]

Thanks people.
I already have promash and beersmith. I just wanted something simple
(cheap) and easy to remember so I dont have to fire up the computer every time I brew.

arthur

Fire it up AFTER you brew and see what you have many of us have, and still do <_< don't stick to [the so called] rules and styles, you will be amazed what YOU can do.

 

[pint of lager]

Sounds like a great beer to me.

So often you see recipes that have 10 malts and 10 hops in them, that people forget that a good honest ale like you are thinking of brewing has just as much or more merit than the complex recipes.

Simple is often the best. They can be a little harder to brew as there is nowhere for defects to hide. So you hone your brewing skills and tastebuds. This is not knocking the complex recipes, they are also delicious.

Have never done a 100% pale ale malt bill, but often do a Pilsner with 100% pilsner grain and hopped with whatever low alpha noble hops are in the fridge. Same with 100% Munich malt bill.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

I agree that the simplest recipies can often turn out to be much better beers that ones needing many grains and hopps.

If you have to many grains and hops, is far to easy to get the beer out of balance B)

 

[Voosher]

This sounds like a job for the Catapult.
I know I've mentioned this before elsewhere but some time ago Ross put me onto the Porchester Brewery in the UK who generously provided details of their brews on their website and are sadly now no longer trading.
One of their brews was All Maris Otter with Challenger all the way through - The Catapult.
It was my first AG so I probably feel an exaggerated emotional connection. I made it up to OG 1048 and 35IBU from memory.
Perhaps more a Summer Ale, wonderfully refreshing. The sort of beer you drink and don't need to think about while it still packs plenty of flavour and satisfaction.
It will be on the brew schedule again soon.
:chug:

 

[jayse]

Go the single malt single hops brew :chug:
I have made a hell of a lot of them and continue to all the time, its a exellent way to brew great beer.



Alcohol fueled brewtality
Jayse

 

[Ross]

My summer ales are all maris otter with a little wheat for head retention, bittered with 1 hop. The first one I made was the Porchester Brewery one using challenger, that Voosher mentioned, it really is a top drop. My favourite so far though is the same grain bill with Nelson Sauvin - A truly refreshing drop with a unique taste :chug:

cheers Ross

 

[Hogan]

Always looking for simplicity and taste. Perhaps you could wack that one on the recipe board Rosco.

Cheers, Hogan.

 

[bconnery]

As has been pointed out you could produce many beers with this simple recipe.

You could just as easily modify it only slightly without resorting to brewing tools.

A small amount of crystal, dark or otherwise, chocolate, amber etc and suddenly you have a different, but still very tasty beer.
Complex beers can be great. Simple beers can be great.
Beer is great.

 

[Steve]

Voosher or Ross - please can you put The Catapult in the recipe section.
Cheers
Steve

 

[dicko]

Hi Arthur,
What I have found with a simple recipe is that the important thing is the freshest ingredients are used.
As POL said, there is nowhere for any slightly off flavours to hide.
I would also try to ferment at the lowest temp recommended for the yeast strain (a lager would be good).
Good luck with it, you will have a lot of fun.
Cheers

 

[Ross]

Always looking for simplicity and taste. Perhaps you could wack that one on the recipe board Rosco.

Cheers, Hogan.

Done - Nelson Sauvin Summer Ale. For the Porchester Brewery all Challenger Summer Ale, just substitute NS for Challenger - enjoy :chug:

Cheers Ross

 

[Hogan]

Excellent Ross - and I'm sure Steve will second that.

Cheers, Hogan.

 

[Steve]

Excellent Ross - and I'm sure Steve will second that.

Cheers, Hogan.

Officially seconded Hogan - guess what im brewing on Saturday? :beer: a simple, no fuss, straight forward beer.
Cheers
Steve