"Holitastic" Holiday Spiced Beer
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Posted 15 October 2009 - 12:23 PM
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Posted 15 October 2009 - 02:06 PM
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Posted 15 October 2009 - 02:16 PM
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Posted 15 October 2009 - 07:48 PM
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Posted 15 October 2009 - 08:09 PM
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Posted 15 October 2009 - 08:31 PM
Im the main guy on less crystal it seems but it is .75#, I can't imagine 3# in a 5 gallon beer. I like crystal malt to compliment a beer not dominate the beer, I'd rather mash base malt higher for more unfermentables. I do like to use multiple crystals in a beer totaling my top level. And agreed black patent is like spices as in "a little goes a long way".The name is a little too close to "holistic" While I don't subscribe to the "no more than 0.5 lbs of crystal malt" conventional wisdom of this board, 3 lbs in 5 gallons is further than I have gone. I will be staying tuned to read more. The 1 lb of Black Patent scares me though Honestly, can't wait to read about how this one turned out. And welcome to the insanity.
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Posted 16 October 2009 - 06:39 AM
Yeah, my brew buddy and I both agreed we likely had a little too much black patent. I'm not as worried about all the crystal, though, because of how the saccharification rest went. Since we brewed inside on an electric stove I had to turn the heat up slowly so as not to burn the mash. This caused a much longer delay in the 140F-148F range than we had originally planned before getting up to the desired rest temp of 150F. So we likely converted a lot more of the starch to fermentables rather than dextrines. It'll still be interesting, to be sure, but the gravity sample from the boil kettle at the end tasted AMAZING. We'll see how it is by Christmas.Im the main guy on less crystal it seems but it is .75#, I can't imagine 3# in a 5 gallon beer. I like crystal malt to compliment a beer not dominate the beer, I'd rather mash base malt higher for more unfermentables. I do like to use multiple crystals in a beer totaling my top level. And agreed black patent is like spices as in "a little goes a long way".
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