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Honey Malt Amber Lager
Well, since I am kicking around the though of Honey Malt I figured I might as well get a few ideas together for a brew. I am planning on doing this all-grain. But since I have never done AG before I have no idea as to the efficiency I'll get from my methods. So I won't have exact amounts yet. I have to AG kits on the way and that'll give me a rough idea as to where I stand efficiency wise.
Rough Bill (open to suggestions)
80% Pale Ale Malt
10% Honey Malt
10% Munich 10
1oz Amarillo Bittering (60)
1oz Amarillo Flavoring (30)
1oz Amarillo Aroma (2)
Wyeast 2112 California Lager Yeast
Prime W/ White Clover Honey
I'll kick around some numbers on BeerSmith and call my efficiency 68% and get a better grain bill lined up. What you guys think???
Ok, I have rough numbers for a 68% efficiency.
8.5# Pale Malt (80.95%)
1# Honey Malt (9.52%)
1# Munich 10 (9.25%)
At 68% efficiency should yield an OG of 1.052, which aint too shabby. The hop bill has it's IBU's at around 54, which is high for a California Common, but I am only using there standards loosely anyways adding them at 60/30/2. But if I add my hops @ 60/15/2 it'll bring it down to a 48. So I think I may adjust to try and at least keep it in teh ballpark of Ca Common.
Should I step mash or will a single infusion cut it??
Single infusion!
Does this even sound good to anybody else besides me????????????????????
Brew.... single infusion it is.
brewskinewbski wrote:
Does this even sound good to anybody else besides me????????????????????
Brew.... single infusion it is.
Sounds good to me! I'm a huge fan of honey malt, actually bought a 55 lb. sack of the stuff since it was sometimes hard to find. It's such a unique malt that it always adds a little something. I used to use it in IPAs a lot, but I've also used it in everything from Belgians to stouts and it never tasted out of place.
DT
What is your AG setup?
I was rereading the posts and started thinking about your efficiency assumptions. I would assume a lower efficiency to be safe. Something like 60% actually. So you won't be dissapointed if you miss your OG. You can always dilute the wort with water to your preboil gravity.
Or stick with 68%, but have 2-3 pounds (1lb bags) of DME on hand so you can add those if you need to boost the gravity due to lower than expected efficiency. I always keep some DME on hand just in case.
A little something on Honey Malt:
http://www.brew-dudes.com/honey-malt/175
Good luck with the AG brew.
How much honey do you use to prime, & how does it affect the flavor?
Brewski wrote:
How much honey do you use to prime, & how does it affect the flavor?
I think he uses 6oz of honey per 12oz bottle of beer. I might be off by an oz or so either way.
He actually puts a full piece of honey comb in each bottle, then fills it with beer.
I think he is working on some sort of amphibious bee that can produce honey while submerged in beer.
I wish I had the technology to bio-engineer an amphiBEEous bee. Finding SCUBA gear for thouse little buggers is a PITA!!!!!!!!
I have had good luck using a honey bear, can remember the ounces off the top of my head, for priming. It definetly adds to the honey flavor using the golend nectar as a priming agent.
My modest el cheapo AG set-up is as follows. An 8.5g aluminium kettle for mashing, a 5g stainless hot liquor tank anf a DIY pappa-joe style 6g mash tun. You know, the bucket in bucket type with a bazillion eety beety holes drilled in the bottom of the top bucket and a tap and valve installed on the bottom bucket. I plan to actually mash in the 8.5g pot then pour into the mash tun for sparging. Have sparge water heated and ready in the 5g and try to work it out to have 7.5g's pre-boil wort to work with. I have two AG kits to practice on before I set off on making my own custom AG brews. I don't have any extra DME on hand to adjust gravities with but I can always use HONEY.
Grains, hops n yeast are on oder..............
Brewing as I type........................
Only adjustment now is that I'll be adding 2oz of the hopps @ 60 minutes and the last ounce @ 15min.
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