BPA recipe alterations

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  1. TastyAdventure

    TastyAdventure Initiate (0) Nov 13, 2012 Kentucky

    • Ommegang BPA bill off of Ommegang's website:
    • Malts: Pilsner, pale, aroma, caramel, Munich
    • Hops: Styrian Golding, Cascade, CTZ
    • Yeast: Ommegang house yeast (I'll use Wyeast belgian strain)
    • OG: 13.8o Plato
    • FG: 2.6o Plato
    • ABV: 6.2%
    • IBU: 21

    Now, I'd like to make this but make it taste less dry, more honey/floral, and add biscuity flavors.

    What should I do to achieve this?

    Thanks
     
    #1 TastyAdventure, Mar 22, 2013
  2. AlCaponeJunior

    AlCaponeJunior Grand Pooh-Bah (3,452) May 21, 2010 Texas
    Society Pooh-Bah

    Change the base malt to maris otter, mix the same weight of crystal malts between 20/40/60 and add 2oz honey malt (answer pulled out of my ass, lol)
     
    #2 AlCaponeJunior, Mar 23, 2013
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  3. JebediahScooter

    JebediahScooter Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2010 Vermont

    Maybe change up the hop bill to include Ahtanum. Nice citrus + floral thing going on with them.
     
    #3 JebediahScooter, Mar 23, 2013
  4. TastyAdventure

    TastyAdventure Initiate (0) Nov 13, 2012 Kentucky

    thanks guys!
     
    #4 TastyAdventure, Mar 23, 2013
  5. jtdolla911

    jtdolla911 Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2011 Massachusetts

    Im a noob, so this might mean nothing, but I brewed a BPA from a kit with biscuit malt, and can say that the kit seems to have turned out real well so far. Finishing with a saaz or hallertau family might help with the floral, but it would depend on which of the hop family u used.
     
    #5 jtdolla911, Mar 24, 2013
  6. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,250) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
    Pooh-Bah

    I have a BPA on tap in which I used some corn and some sugar to dry it out a little. I also used some honey malt, which I don't think of as all that honey like, but it does add some sweetish biscuity flavor.
     
    #6 pweis909, Mar 24, 2013
  7. skivtjerry

    skivtjerry Pooh-Bah (1,865) Mar 10, 2006 Vermont
    Pooh-Bah

    Just replace most/all of the pils malt with English pale ale malt. BTW, the Ommegang yeast is very easy to culture from a fresh bottle of Hennepin; no more trouble than making a starter from a smack pack.
     
    #7 skivtjerry, Mar 24, 2013
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