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[3rd party JKor]

I have a WLP001 cake in the fermenter and I'm thinking about doing something along the lines of Bigfoot. Any suggestions?

[stellarbrew]

About 20 pounds of MO, 4 pounds of wheat malt, with a pound of Caramel 40 L is pretty sexy, IMO.

Edited by stellarbrew, 11 June 2009 - 07:18 PM.

[3rd party JKor]

About 20 pounds of MO, 4 pounds of wheat malt, with a pound of Caramel 40 L is pretty sexy, IMO.

I like the sound of that. I have MO, wheat and Caramel 65 on hand. That would do.

[3rd party JKor]

About 20 pounds of MO, 4 pounds of wheat malt, with a pound of Caramel 40 L is pretty sexy, IMO.

BTW, what volume/efficiency were you assuming for these quantities?

[stellarbrew]

BTW, what volume/efficiency were you assuming for these quantities?

I was going from memory, but I was thinking for a 5 1/2 gallon batch, and getting around 70% efficiency, that might put you in the neighborhood of around 1.100. I knew you would run the numbers though. EDIT: I just looked it up, and the assumption was 60% efficiency. Those big grain bills will usually take a toll on my efficiency.

Edited by stellarbrew, 12 June 2009 - 08:22 AM.

[3rd party JKor]

I'm curious to see what my efficiency will come in at for a high gravity brew. I haven't done one in my current system. With the mid gravity brews I'm getting 80s and 90s.

[drewseslu]

I like some Munich malt in there, it really gives the malt profile some fatness. Around 30% is my sweet spot.

[Jimmy James]

So what recipe did you end up going with or are you still gearing up for this? +1 on Drew's MO suggestion

[3rd party JKor]

Still gearing up. Maybe this weekend if things work out right.