Thoughts On This One

[barls]

hey guys just tossing up a schwartz bier on the weekend.
basically ive taken the isb schwarz recipe from a few years ago and worked it in to what ingredients i have so what are the thoughts on this version bear in mind that ive never like a big and roasty schwartz. and im trying to use the marris that i have instead of pilsner malt which i dont have enough of.
Fermentables
Ingredient Amount % MCU When
Bairds Marris Otter Malt 2.400 kg 47.8 % 2.5 In Mash/Steeped
German Dark Munich Malt 2.400 kg 47.8 % 9.1 In Mash/Steeped
Bairds Chocolate Malt 0.128 kg 2.5 % 24.2 In Mash/Steeped
Weyermann Carafa Special III 0.096 kg 1.9 % 19.0 In Mash/Steeped

Hops
Variety Alpha Amount IBU Form When
NZ Sticklebract 13.5 % 10 g 20.0 Loose Pellet Hops 60 Min From End
Czech Saaz 3.0 % 16 g 3.4 Loose Pellet Hops 15 Min From End
Czech Saaz 3.0 % 12 g 0.0 Loose Pellet Hops At turn off

ill be fermenting with wlp 800.

 

[BjornJ]

Barls,
do you want any pilsner malt?
I don't have any maris otter but still have plenty of pilsner.

Bjorn

 

[barls]

bjorn ive got pilsner malt im just trying to use up the other first. might have to bite the bullet and use the pils that i bought for smoking or i can just change what im brewing.

 

[felten]

Could always go half MO, half pilsner, best of both worlds?

 

[barls]

that could work fenten. ill see what i end up brewing, might just redo my barley wine again or attempt something else

 

[dent]

Personally I find MO really works terrible in a lager, flavourwise. I don't think it would help a schwarzbier much either. Regular cheapo ale/pale malt would be OK, pils is obviously first preference. Munich too to some extent.

 

[barls]

what about half light munich and pils

 

[dent]

Might put it closer to munich dunkel territory IMO if you're using half munich 2 as per your original recipe, but with munich 1 I think it would work out pretty well.

 

[barls]

thats what i was thinking, its not like i brew to style most times anyway.
so it looks like ill go