Critique Please

[pas8280]

Hi all planning this next based upon the grains i have in stock and trialing the as yet untried hops at my disposal
ROYAL BADER

Brew length 16 Litres

Maris Otter 2500g
Caramalt 300g
Crystal malt 200g
torrified Wheat 100g

90 Mins Mash at 66c
Pilot Hops 18g 90 mins
Soveriegn 12g last 10 mins
Soveriegn 6g at flame out
EBC 25, EBU 34 abv 4.7 %

Your thoughts on this one would be very much appreciated folks as i have not used caramalt or the hops before, sort of looking for a maltiesh bitter

[kay-jay]

looking good pas, is it one of your own compositions?
brew length 16litres? ....make it 17 i can feel a thirst coming on!

KJ

[pas8280]

KJ it is one i knocked up using beer engine and as always there will be a couple of testers for you

[dave-o]

That's a lot of cara/crsytal for a 16l batch, almost 18%.

[pas8280]

Dave-o would you drop the Crystal alltogether then and just use the Caramalt and up the MO to compensate its the Caramalt i want to try really ?

[dave-o]

Depends if you like it very sweet.

[pas8280]

No not particularily if i drop the crystal i could add a small amount of chocolate or black malt just to up the colour to the lowish thirties ?

[dave-o]

Yeah, i think it'll be a little more flavoursome if you do.

It's probably not very authentic for your recipe, but if you want malt flavour you can't go wrong with a bit of Munich.