yard_bird
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Greetings,
I'm working with a new homebrewing challenge that is really engaging for me. I order my grain/yeast/hops online because of free shipping/not wanting to kill a day driving to and from the homebrew store. Because of this, I order milled grains by the pound from the supplier. This has been great because it forces me to use stuff up/not have leftovers/brew consecutive batches of similar styles.
The latest iteration: I'm brewing a American stout and imperial stout. I plan to split 1# of crystal 60, 1# of chocolate malt, and 1# of Carafa between the two recipes. I can brew both of these the same weekend, so I'm not worried too much about malt freshness. I guess what I'm looking for is feedback on these two grists i.e. amount of roasted grains/should I keep the Carafa. Not too concerned with hopping because I have a good selection in the freezer.
American (about 4gallons of 1.063):
10# 2row (80% of grist)
1# Roasted barley (8% of grist)
0.5# Crystal 60 (4% of grist)
0.5# Chocolate malt (4% of grist)
0.5# Carafa (I, II, or III?) (4% of grist)
Imperial (about 3 gallons of 1.116):
10# M/O (or 2-row if it doesn't make a huge difference) (65% of grist)
1# Brown malt (6% of grist)
1# Roasted barley (6% of grist)
0.5# Crystal 60 (3% of grist)
0.5# Chocolate malt (3% of grist)
0.5# Carafa (3% of grist)
1# D-180 (6% of grist)
1# Invert 3 (6% of grist)
Thanks all.
I'm working with a new homebrewing challenge that is really engaging for me. I order my grain/yeast/hops online because of free shipping/not wanting to kill a day driving to and from the homebrew store. Because of this, I order milled grains by the pound from the supplier. This has been great because it forces me to use stuff up/not have leftovers/brew consecutive batches of similar styles.
The latest iteration: I'm brewing a American stout and imperial stout. I plan to split 1# of crystal 60, 1# of chocolate malt, and 1# of Carafa between the two recipes. I can brew both of these the same weekend, so I'm not worried too much about malt freshness. I guess what I'm looking for is feedback on these two grists i.e. amount of roasted grains/should I keep the Carafa. Not too concerned with hopping because I have a good selection in the freezer.
American (about 4gallons of 1.063):
10# 2row (80% of grist)
1# Roasted barley (8% of grist)
0.5# Crystal 60 (4% of grist)
0.5# Chocolate malt (4% of grist)
0.5# Carafa (I, II, or III?) (4% of grist)
Imperial (about 3 gallons of 1.116):
10# M/O (or 2-row if it doesn't make a huge difference) (65% of grist)
1# Brown malt (6% of grist)
1# Roasted barley (6% of grist)
0.5# Crystal 60 (3% of grist)
0.5# Chocolate malt (3% of grist)
0.5# Carafa (3% of grist)
1# D-180 (6% of grist)
1# Invert 3 (6% of grist)
Thanks all.