I think 2 kgs wil be way over the top for those malts. Try a few 100 gms of each and the balance of the 2 kgs in base malt.
I was gonna buy 5kg but they come in vaccuum sealed bags and apparently should stay fresh enough for a few months unopened. At about 2 or 3 bux a 500g bag i'll put milk on them and have the extras for breakfast if they're gonna be no good.I have 2.7 kg which by the time I use them all at that rate they wont be fresh. I was thinking of steeping them and then freezing into relative portion sizes. By my reckoning that should be ok but not sure.
In an all-grain beer, 5-10% is plenty, according to style and taste. Same ratio works in kits, but tend toward the lower end of the range.
Interesting as in the Book "Brewing Classic Styles" by Zainasheff and Palmer they use up to 35% specialty grains (Nutty Man Brown Ale) and commonly are using 15-20% in their extract recipes.
What sort of specialty grains?
I was referring specifically to crystal. Ooops. Cara* I count as crystal as well. Brown, amber, carafa special, roast malt, etc in combination can of course go higher, but carared, light/dark crystal, etc no way 30%.
How much?
With a kit, 3g per liter, max 100g per brew, unless you like sweet crap. :unsure:
cheers
Dave
There is a limit, obviously, but to say that 100g/23L batch is the max you can go is complete and utter madness imo.
I'll second that, Butters. (Surprise, surprise... )Sorry, BB, but thats utter rubbish. It comes down to balance. Sweetness is balanced by one of, or a combination of, two things; bitterness, and dryness (or roast/astringency). One is imparted by hops, and the other by.....specialty grains. Grains that give a roast element. You can use quite a lot of sweeter grain, if it is balanced with a combination of hopping and roast grain. Give me a beer thats sweet on the start of the palate, mellowing to a base malt and hop flavour, and then finishing on a dry note that washes the sweetness away.....Noice.
There is a limit, obviously, but to say that 100g/23L batch is the max you can go is complete and utter madness imo.
etc, etc,
There is a limit, obviously, but to say that 100g/23L batch is the max you can go is complete and utter madness imo.
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