I'll finally be brewing an ESB next month when my hobby funds are replenished.
I really like a biscuity flavor and want to incorporate it into mine. With that in mind it was suggested to me to drop the 1 lb of Optic for Biscuit, and with what I read about Biscuit being a strong flavor not to use more than 5% (~1/2 lb), and so I added 1/2 lb of Gambrinus Honey Malt. Who doesn't like honey on a biscuit??? I doubt it will add much honey flavor, but I wanted to keep my numbers in line with what I had initially.
Unfortunately I'm not able to do a full mash, and cannot get a proper extract (LME) for this so I am using Briess Golden Light as the backbone.
Here is what I have so far for a 6 gal partial mash:
6 lbs Briess Golden Light LME (flame out)
2 lbs Fawcett Maris Otter
1 lb Hugh Baird crystal 50/60
1/2 lb Dingemans Biscuit
1/2 lb Gambrinus Honey Malt
1/4 lb Munton carapils
1 oz Weyermann carafa II special
S-04
1 oz Northern Brewer & 1/2 oz EKG @ 60 mins
3/4 oz EKG @ 20/5 mins
1.055/1.014
5.4%
38 IBU's
12 SRM
I could use Crisp Maris Otter instead.
Would you make any changes?
I really like a biscuity flavor and want to incorporate it into mine. With that in mind it was suggested to me to drop the 1 lb of Optic for Biscuit, and with what I read about Biscuit being a strong flavor not to use more than 5% (~1/2 lb), and so I added 1/2 lb of Gambrinus Honey Malt. Who doesn't like honey on a biscuit??? I doubt it will add much honey flavor, but I wanted to keep my numbers in line with what I had initially.
Unfortunately I'm not able to do a full mash, and cannot get a proper extract (LME) for this so I am using Briess Golden Light as the backbone.
Here is what I have so far for a 6 gal partial mash:
6 lbs Briess Golden Light LME (flame out)
2 lbs Fawcett Maris Otter
1 lb Hugh Baird crystal 50/60
1/2 lb Dingemans Biscuit
1/2 lb Gambrinus Honey Malt
1/4 lb Munton carapils
1 oz Weyermann carafa II special
S-04
1 oz Northern Brewer & 1/2 oz EKG @ 60 mins
3/4 oz EKG @ 20/5 mins
1.055/1.014
5.4%
38 IBU's
12 SRM
I could use Crisp Maris Otter instead.
Would you make any changes?
