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So, on those, how do you get your amber and malty? Is it Chocolate and a darker Munich?
This is a true to style recipe that I used for mine
 

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You mean Maris otter? I mean, there's nothing stopping you, but if you want a true to style alt then you should use German malts, not British
The recipe posted had an English base malt, unless I got confused. That doesn't take much these days.
 
The recipe posted had an English base malt, unless I got confused. That doesn't take much these days.
Ah, I see. It's a pilsner-like base grain made by a British maltster. It's Ike buying pilsner made by Rahr or Briess, still a German malt by heritage but produced in the US
 
Brew club is doing a Cream Ale Team contest for June meeting. You have to pair with another brewer that you have never brewed with, and your brew must be style compliant to 6A Cream Ale. I have been paired with a long-term club member and I'm one of the newer members so this should be fun.
 
So, on those, how do you get your amber and malty? Is it Chocolate and a darker Munich?
Had to go back and get the context. For the ESB yes MO is very appropriate for the base malt and using crystal malts and chocolate to keep with traditional style. (But not too much Chocolate)

Caramunich III and Darker Munich Malts for the German amber styles (but not too much Caramunich III)

If you don't care about tradition, then use any base malt you want and use chocolate or caramunich III sparingly to get that amber hue and some mouth feel.
I used Marris Otter, Vienna Malt, Dark Munich (10L) and chocolate in the Vienna I did this morning. (it's what I had on hand.)
 
Citra pale ale up next! Probably Thursday. I have an appointment tomorrow to get a 2nd opinion about the prognosis of my hand, so I guess it depends on how that goes
 
Citra pale ale up next! Probably Thursday. I have an appointment tomorrow to get a 2nd opinion about the prognosis of my hand, so I guess it depends on how that goes
Best wishes.
 
Been a long couple months, working long hours out of state, car breaking down...just seemed to be spinning my wheels way to much for the progress I was making. Home now for a while, decided to brew something, but forgot to order base malt so I worked this up using what I have on hand...
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1556657/attitude-problem
Going to try to get it brewed in the morning.
 
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Been a long couple months, working long hours out of state, car breaking down...just seemed to be spinning my wheels way to much for the progress I was making. Home now for a while, decided to brew something, but forgot to order base malt so I worked this up using what I have on hand...
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1556657/attitude-problem
Going to try to get it brewed in the morning.
I don't know what Empire Ale is, but that looks like it will taste good:)
 
I like it.
Question: Did you mean to enter hops as “whole/leaf” or did you mean to specify pellet hops? That will have an effect on the IBUs.
 
Been a long couple months, working long hours out of state, car breaking down...just seemed to be spinning my wheels way to much for the progress I was making. Home now for a while, decided to brew something, but forgot to order base malt so I worked this up using what I have on hand...
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1556657/attitude-problem
Going to try to get it brewed in the morning.
Love the name Tim! Hopefully brewing Attitude Problem will fix you attitude problem! :D
 

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