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ESB Recipe advice

Mashing
#1

I was planning to brew up an ESB tomorrow and made a slight error when buying the grains yesterday and wanted some advice on how to fix the problem (if there actually is one.)

My original grain bill was:

10 # Munton’s Marris Otter
.5 # Munton’s Crystal (60 L I believe)

2 0unces Fuggle at 60 minutes
1 Ounce Fuggles at 5 minutes

London ESB - Wyeast 1968

As I was in a hurry and trying to speak on phone at the same time, I cut open the Crystal bag and added the whole pound and crushed it with the Marris Otter. Now I have:

10 # Marris Otter at 90.1 %
1 LB Crystal 60 at 9.9 %

Is that too much crystal at 10% of the grist?
I can use a rolling pin and try to add 1 lb of Marris Otter that I have lying around or maybe mash a little lower to dry it out?
or I can leave it alone and see what happens. Maybe that is not too much crystal afterall.

What does everyone think? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

#2

Could mash a bit lower to dry it out a touch to compensate but I’d bet the difference would barely be noticeable.

#3

I don’t think that’s too much. I use 11% c40 in my bitter and it’s pretty good imo. I mash this one at 152. Just brewed a batch a week or so ago. Bittered with fuggle and styrian goldings, late additions of EKG and styrian.

#4

Thanks for the responses. You have put me at ease. I was reading too many forum posts when formulating this recipe. It seems I got it in my head from someone that more than 7.5% Crystal would produce a cloying, sweet beer. I guess everyone has different tastes when it comes to Crystal malts. I am going to let it ride and mash at 152 degrees. If it is too sweet for my tastes, I will decrease the crystal next time. There is only one way to learn.

#5

It will turn out great. No worries.

#6

You’ll be fine.

#7

+1 to those who said it will be fine. Depending upon the acid level in the hops, you may want to bump it up a bit to get it on the higher end of style guidelines. Also, I think most any English pale ale should be mashed to come out more dry, but this is otherwise about the same recipe I see in a lot of other places. Cheers!

#8

Thanks for all the advice. I think everything was fine and hit the numbers as I intended. Kegged her two days ago to make room in the fermenter for my SN Celebration clone. Tastes alright and I know it is still young but I am thinking that Fuggle hops aren’t my favorite. Time will tell.

#9

Seems fuggle is hit/miss with a lot of people. Give it time and worse comes to worse you could dry hop it with something else to add dimension.

#10

If you’re not enjoying the Fuggles, you may want to give Sovereign a try. They’re similar to Fuggles but less earthy (or dirt clod, as some have described them). Sovereign plays nicely with Fuggles and also works well as a replacement. As luck would have it, I kegged a Sovereign and WGV ESB earlier tonight and it’s going to be wonderful.

#11

I made an ESB a few months ago with EKG/Bramling Cross. It’s fantastic! The Bramling Cross is very unique, but has a great aroma.

#12

It’s fantastic! The Bramling Cross is very unique

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