Kit Bash Idea

[jonewer]

Hi All. After making a relatively succesful wherry, I'm planning a bit of a kit bash to include elements of all grain, kit, and extract brewing.

I'd like to hear your opinions on this:

Fermentables:
1x Coopers IPA kit
1kg Light DME
500g Crystal malt, crushed

Plan on steeping and then boiling the crystal (I have a big old pan that should scrub up). Add the DME and kit syrup at flame-out.

Hops -

50g Amarillo hops for 60 mins
25g Amarillo for hops 15 mins
25g Goldings for 0 mins, just before adding the DME and syrup.

How does this sound to you guys?

 

[Aleman]

DO NOT BOIL THE CRYSTAL MALT!!!!!

Steep at 65C for 30-45 minutes than drain off the liquid and put the liquid in with the rest of the fermentables. . . . you could do a couple of steepings of the crystal to get as much flavour out of it as possible. . . . and I would suggest going with a lighter grade of crystal to avoid too much unfermentable sugar . . . leading to a cloying sweetness. . . . . You could do with boiling some hops with the fermentables as well as otherwise you will end up overpowering the 'bitterness' of the kit

 

[jonewer]

DO NOT BOIL THE CRYSTAL MALT!!!!!

Steep at 65C for 30-45 minutes than drain off the liquid and put the liquid in with the rest of the fermentables. . . . you could do a couple of steepings of the crystal to get as much flavour out of it as possible. . . . and I would suggest going with a lighter grade of crystal to avoid too much unfermentable sugar . . . leading to a cloying sweetness. . . . . You could do with boiling some hops with the fermentables as well as otherwise you will end up overpowering the 'bitterness' of the kit

Great advice! OK, just steep the crystal. I might do 250g crystal to avoid too much sweetness.

I have ordered this http://www.brewuk.co.uk/store/index.php ... 00grm.html but dont know how light it is

I'm a newbie at this so any comments on the hop schedule would be appreciated.