Great western brumalt

[Rookie]

I recently acquired some g w brumalt to use and comment on.
The plan is a pale mild/ordinary bitter type of beer to showcase it.
Two gallons 1.040 give or take
1.5 pounds golden light dme
8 ozs maris otter malt
6-8 ozs brumalt
maybe a touch of victory malt and/or flaked oats
18-20 IBUs EKG
S-189

[guypettigrew]

Why so little brumalt? If you're testing it shouldn't you use loads more?

Guy

[Rookie]

Why so little brumalt? If you're testing it shouldn't you use loads more?

Guy

The guy I got the brumalt from reccomended 10% or so and by my calculations 10% of what I'm using, in an all-grain version, would be 5.5 ounces. I've read posts saying it's easy to overdo it with this type of malt.

[Rookie]

I brewed yesterday and definitely tasted a bit of sweetness in the hydrometer sample from the brumalt.

[Rookie]

I took a gravity reading after eight days: 1.040-1.009. Nice body and gentle sweetness from the brumalt.

[Rookie]

Nice honey-like edge to it.

[Rookie]

I used
2 lbs golden light dme
8.5 ozs maris otter
6 ozs brumalt
1 oz victory
1 oz pale chocolate
.25 oz EKG
1 pack S-189
1.040-1.009
At some point I want to up the victory and pale chocolate to 4 ozs each for a dark mild.

[Rookie]

Yesterday I brewed a slightly modified version.
1.5 lbs golden light dme
1 lb marris otter
8 ozs brumalt
4 ozs pale chocolate
4 ozs victory
4 ozs oat malt
.2 oz EKG (4.8%)
Munton's
O G 1.037

[Rookie]

Yesterday I brewed a slightly modified version.
1.5 lbs golden light dme
1 lb marris otter
8 ozs brumalt
4 ozs pale chocolate
4 ozs victory
4 ozs oat malt
.2 oz EKG (4.8%)
Munton's
O G 1.037

F G 1.012
Bottled yesterday.

[Rookie]

The description of brumalt by Great Western includes tart which I didn't get in the pale mild. I am getting a bit of tartness in the darker version in which I used 33% more.

[Rookie]

The description of brumalt by Great Western includes tart which I didn't get in the pale mild. I am getting a bit of tartness in the darker version in which I used 33% more.

By the end of the batch the slight tartness faded.

[Wizz69]

Hey @Rookie did i see that right.. Do you bottle into used Cola bottles?

Never thought of that, how does that work out?

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[Rookie]

Hey @Rookie did i see that right.. Do you bottle into used Cola bottles?

Never thought of that, how does that work out?

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Just in one as a way to keep tabs on how carbonation is progressing.

[Wizz69]

@Rookie, ok... I got a little excited at the thought of cheap plastic bottles. I have never use Pet bottles at all.

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[Rookie]

@Rookie, ok... I got a little excited at the thought of cheap plastic bottles. I have never use Pet bottles at all.

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You can use them as long as you keep them in the dark to avoiding skunking.