Hi guys can i use melonoidin in an APA
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You can, you are the head brewer, so can do what you want. However, I wouldn't have thought it is suitable for an APA, where you expect the hops to dominate.
Never done an APA before, think i need to do some research cheers
Hi Rod APA's do have crystal style malts in them to give a bit of backbone. If you use Melanoidin it will give you the high malt profile in my lay man terms I see it as a concentrated high malt taste.
You can just use crystals or a lesser amount of melanoidin to get the pale ale backbone you are looking for of the American style or both.
I think the most famous one is Sierra Nevada so if you look at similar clones it will point you in the right direction recipe wise
You can just use crystals or a lesser amount of melanoidin to get the pale ale backbone you are looking for of the American style or both.
I think the most famous one is Sierra Nevada so if you look at similar clones it will point you in the right direction recipe wise
Hi Baron i think i will give it ago i do like a malty beer, the malt bill is pale malt, munich 1, melonoidin, and carapils , hops mosaic and simco
Sounds good Rod I too use Melanoidin and Carapils albeit in small amounts in quite few brews together and the hops will be good too
Cheshire Cat
Landlord.
Add about 100g and that should work.
Hop_it
Regular.
Based on what I have read, melanoidin, biscuit and amber malts are very similar (someone please correct me if I have been mislead). I often use 200g (~4%) of biscuit malt in one of my APA recipes together with either flaked or torrified wheat (~7%). It gives a very pleasant nutty/malty taste without adding the sweetish caramel flavours that you often get with crystal malts.
That's what i put in brewfather 100g i was going to do it this morning but life got in the way
FWIW, I use the grain bill that Sierra Nevada publish for their APA, just ale malt and 4% crystal 60.
Cheshire Cat
Landlord.
Thanks for that my Sierra Nevada recipe had MO and 6% Carapils, now amended it.
Thanks for that my Sierra Nevada recipe had MO and 6% Carapils, now amended it.
They're pretty decent posting this sort of thing
https://sierranevada.com/blog/pale-ale-homebrew-recipe/
I use less crystal than they do because I think my ale malt is darker than their two row. I also don't use cascade, I use falconer's flight, but whatevs
That sounds exactly the same but different!They're pretty decent posting this sort of thing
https://sierranevada.com/blog/pale-ale-homebrew-recipe/
I use less crystal than they do because I think my ale malt is darker than their two row. I also don't use cascade, I use falconer's flight, but whatevs
Sierra NEvada...on the list!
The beers side by side, to be honest I find mine has more mouthfeel mine has Munich melonoidin and carapils in small amounts
Yours looks much nicer..
phettebs
Landlord.
I use it in my double IPA and it's nice.
