english pale ale grist question

[Brewer #426450]

Hi, I just want to ask anyone if my recipe is fine. im heading for more malt flavor blended with hops.kent golding is fine for that?
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1482669/eba

 

[Donoroto]

Should be fine. Consider adjusting your water to have about twice the chloride as it has sulphate. That will push the beer towards malty and away from hoppy. That will have a definite influence.

 

[Josh Hughes]

Yep looks tasty.

 

[dmtaylor]

That looks great. Personally I would use a little more hops but if you want to keep it more malty, then you'll be happy with it.

 

[Brewer #426450]

I'm going for 2 x 25L, ill add more hops in the next one. i'll try to raise acidity by adding some lemon juice, like 10-30ml to the wort.

 

[Minbari]

Think it will turn out good.

Not sure about lemon juice though.

 

[dmtaylor]

i'll try to raise acidity by adding some lemon juice, like 10-30ml to the wort.

Please don't do that. No extra acid required.

 

[Brewer #426450]

i dont have chloride or anything like that, so ill have to go with what i have in the tap. im not on that level yet.

 

[Donoroto]

i dont have chloride or anything like that, so ill have to go with what i have in the tap. im not on that level yet.

In 25 liters around 5 grams of sodium chloride (salt, not iodized) will do. So little it won’t be salty.

 

[Sandy Feet]

With the IBUs, you have on there, I'm not sure it would be a Pale Ale, but others can tell me I'm wrong and where to go
If I wanted something Pale Ale ish, that was a little more malt foward, I would look at something close to an ESB recipe. That would normally get you where you want to be.
When I did my ESB, I used a low attenuating Fullers yeast, an Otter base, some 70SRM English Crystal (1lb for 5 gallons), and a little White Wheat for head retention. I'm not sure what some of those malts are in your recipe are, so I can't translate them to what I know. I would go closer to low 30s IBUs if you want to get close to the Pale Ale range. You can balance it out with the Crystal and the yeast. Kent Golding would be awesome for that.