WTF did I just brew !?

[JimRobbo]

Hey gang,

Getting stuck into my latest brew and it's fairly awesome, thinking I'll enter it in the local brew comp next month, the only problem being I don't know what it is or what to call it!

Thoughts appreciated:

Mashed this at 68 degrees, landed at 43 IBU, US-05 yeast and primed it with brown sugar.

4.5 kg Pale Malt

360 g Chocolate Malt

50 g Munich

30 g Black Malt

210 g Flaked Barley

Cascade 25g @ 45 mins
25g @ 15
20g @ 5

Some kind of trans-atlantic, frankenstein porter maybe?

Cheers in advance :beerbang: , Jim

 

[antiphile]

A black IPA would be my best guess. What is the ABV%?

 

[manticle]

Too much roast, not enough hops for bipa. Call it a US porter. Sierra nevada make a nice one.

 

[JimRobbo]

Thanks antiphile, hadn't thought of that one. The ABV is 5.5%, I didn't realise that 40 or so IBU's was enough for a IPA ?

 

[JimRobbo]

Too much roast, not enough hops for bipa. Call it a US porter. Sierra nevada make a nice one.

Ta manticle, what does the flaked barley do for it in terms of a definition. E.g without it, would you still call it a porter ?

 

[manticle]

Not used flaked barley but definitely not necessary to make it a porter.

I would presume it's used to add protein (body and head). Why are you using it?

 

[JimRobbo]

Not used flaked barley but definitely not necessary to make it a porter.

I would presume it's used to add protein (body and head). Why are you using it?

Yeah I've found it definitely helps with overall body and building a dense creamy head ( like mine ). I figured it might be an essential element in brewing a porter or stout but it seems like its the roasted grains that determine that.

 

[slcmorro]

Did you mean 50g Munich or 500g Munich?

If 50g, I highly doubt it'll add anything at all to the brew especially with all that black going on etc. 500gm is a different story.

 

[JimRobbo]

Did you mean 50g Munich or 500g Munich?

If 50g, I highly doubt it'll add anything at all to the brew especially with all that black going on etc. 500gm is a different story.

Nope just the 50g, throwing in the leftovers.

 

[slcmorro]

Nope just the 50g, throwing in the leftovers.

Fair enough!