Experimental Batch - Looking for Thoughts

Beer Recipe Design
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Thinking about trying to create a Chocolate/caramel type brew but one that has a light feel to it. I am thinking something like a shiner bock where you have a darker color but a light feel. Short story is it will be sort of an experiment but I am not sure what base extract I should use and what hops and yeast.

Here is what I am thinking for a 5 gallon batch:

  • NB Wheat Malt Syrup 3.15 lbs.
  • Briess Wheat DME 1 lb.
  • Briess Extra Special Malt - 1 lb. crushed
  • Briess Caracrystal Wheat Malt - 1 lb. crushed
  • Briess Chocolate Malt - 1 lb. crushed
  • D-90 Candi Syrup - 1 lb. (Added with 5mins left in boil)

Now I am not looking for anything hoppy but don’t mind some hoppy aroma (I do not want bitterness but want some balance). So here is what I am thinking for Hops:

  • UK Fuggle Hop Pellets (1oz at 60mins)
  • Willamette Hop Pellets (0.5oz at 15mins to end of boil)
  • Willamette Hop Pellets (0.5oz at end of boil)

For yeast I am thinking:

  • Wyeast 1275 Thames Valley Ale

And for the secondary I am thinking either 2oz or 4oz of coco nibs.

So looking for thoughts and inputs.

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Anybody have any inputs or comments. Looking for thoughts, ideas suggestions. YOu all have much more experience than I do so I am hoping somebody might be able to tell me if any part of my plan is good or bad…

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I don’t do extract any more… But, if you’re wanting darker color without the darker/roasty notes, you could probably just cold steep some carafa and use a lighter extract. You should get the color without the roastiness. I’d probably just use a pale malt extract for the base too. But FWIW, I haven’t brewed extract in 16 yrs…

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Thank you for the input- I was thinking about a lighter base extract as well- still between that and the wheat extract.

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This beer sounds intriguing. If you brew it, please let us know how it turns out. I’m a big fan of bocks, but I don’t have the ability to lager…YET. If you get what your after…ima steal this beer for sure.

good luck…Namaste

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Well I have not had a chance to make it as of yet- had two others I needed to make. I will get to this one next. One note I am not usign a lager yeast -I am using Wyeast 1275 Thames Valley Ale yeast.

So we shall see. Gonna be a while cause of the fact that I have other items in the pipeline.