First All-Grain recipe help.

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by CEnterPound, Jun 25, 2012.

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  1. CEnterPound

    CEnterPound Initiate (0) Jul 5, 2011 California

    Trying my hand at all grain for the first time. Came up with a quick recipe for an APA. Take a look and tell me what you think. Any constructive criticism is appreciated! http://beercalculus.hopville.com/recipe
     
  2. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
    Pooh-Bah

    Perhaps hopville doesn't like my computer, but when I click the link, I don't see any quantities for ingredients.
     
  3. sergeantstogie

    sergeantstogie Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2010 Washington

  4. CEnterPound

    CEnterPound Initiate (0) Jul 5, 2011 California

    Hmm... It works for me. Regardless:

    8# 2 row
    2# Marris Otter

    .5oz Galena @ 60
    .5oz Chinook @ 10
    .5oz Cascade @5
    1oz Simcoe @ 5

    White Labs Cali V yeast

    OG 1.056
    FG 1.013

    Tried to keep it simple since it's my first time.
     
  5. sergeantstogie

    sergeantstogie Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2010 Washington

    ehhh I know you want to keep it simple so I am going to say throw a pound of 20 L crystal in there.
     
  6. Danielbt

    Danielbt Initiate (0) May 4, 2012 Texas

    You aren't linking to your recipe, you're linking to the beercalculus default page. Try saving your recipe and then copy/pasting the link to the saved recipe.
     
  7. sergeantstogie

    sergeantstogie Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2010 Washington

    To expound on my thoughts: You are using Pale and MO. MO is a Pale malt it is just a different one. So The MO Is going to be almost lost to the pale malt. I usually go with one or the other. Sometimes blending variations such as MO, Optic and Halcyon because I want to enhance one aspect of the malt while keeping a strong "English" malt profile. Sometimes you can try to replicate this by adding small amounts of character malts such as biscuit to pale ale malt to get it closer to what you perceive MO to taste like. Etc etc.
     
  8. CEnterPound

    CEnterPound Initiate (0) Jul 5, 2011 California

    Thank you. i didn't really realize that MO was essentially the same as 2 row, so I'll have to compensate next time. I was going to add about 8oz of Crystal 30l, but totally forgot about it at the store. I figured that would help add a bit of color and fullness.
     
  9. sergeantstogie

    sergeantstogie Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2010 Washington

    The crystal does good for body, color (depending), head retention and a more round malt profile.
     
  10. Homebrew42

    Homebrew42 Initiate (0) Dec 20, 2006 New York

    What do you want the beer to taste like?
     
  11. GreenKrusty101

    GreenKrusty101 Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2008 Nevada

    I think domestic 2 row and Maris Otter is good combo for base malt... although domestic 2 row and Vienna/Munich/Aromatic is usually what I go with...another option is to use a good NA Pale Ale malt like ESB from Gambrinus (I think Great Western and Rahr also make a Pale ale malt that's somewhere in between domestic 2 Row and an English base malt. Try one and find out for yourself.
     
  12. inchrisin

    inchrisin Pooh-Bah (2,013) Sep 25, 2008 Indiana
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    I agree with the others. You've got a good start and YOU DO want to keep it simple for your 1st AG batch. You shouldn't have any trouble adding a bit of crystal to add a bit of complexity to your beer. Some of us look for complexity in a different number crystals (I like 40 @ .5#) others have lots of luck using an additional Continental malt (European). Don't be afraid to have about 3 or 4 malts in your bill. This is very common when making a good APA.
     
  13. MLucky

    MLucky Initiate (0) Jul 31, 2010 California

    Just to echo what others have said: I'd add some crystal--probably a half ounce to an ounce of 60. And the maris otter won't hurt anything, but probably won't have a big impact either at 2 oz. You might try something like going all 2-row this time, then MO next time--it makes an excellent base malt for APAs.
     
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