Recipe: clueless on how to convert all grain to extract (or partial mash)

[smallbatchbrewer]

@sneezles61

I like things to be simple, I would elaborate a bit to you… What do you want as your final ABV? Do you want a thick, very dark, maybe middle of the road, or, something drier? You can’t have them all… Sorry… . From there you could choose, and maybe find that the base malt, which in most cases, will bring the ABV and background flavor. From there you start to layer what it is you do desire… smokey, maybe just some roasted( kinda like a well crusted piece of meat without the salt), lotsa chocolate then chocolate malt… Those will impart very dark, and some sweetness to them. Tame it down, do use the dark malts sparingly, then use the crystal/caramel malts and up the sweetness and a some dark smokey flavor. Bail out on most of those, then you get a thick dark golden colored, very malty, sweet elixir. Add some sugar and dry it out to almost so dry your tongue will stick to your mouth. Hops, well, they will help to balance the sweetness, but you won’t find much cutting through

Short, sweet, and to the point.

+1,000,000,…

[Psbeerkeeper]

What I would like to achieve here is not an extract clone, but something that would be close to the flavor, texture and hoppyness/bitterness. The abv isn’t something hing I would really care about. Not sure if that helps.

Edit:

Something along the lines of this:

“Dark and thick with rich flavors of roasted coffee, dark fruit, chocolate, and toffee. Some earthy hop notes and moderately high bitterness in the finish.”

[smallbatchbrewer]

@Psbeerkeeper

“Dark and thick with rich flavors of roasted coffee, dark fruit, chocolate, and toffee. Some earthy hop notes and moderately high bitterness in the finish.”

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[sneezles61]

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[smallbatchbrewer]

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