light dry malt recipes

[James]

I am thinking about making a pale ale with 1kg coopers light dry malt and 500 grams raw honey. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions on how to go about this. My brewing experience is very limited so please be kind????.

[Nick]

hi James, the Pale ale and malt is a great combo, especially with a dry hop of Cascade or similar. I would definitely rethink the honey though. I have made a couple of brews using the Canadian blonde and OS lager, and even with only 300 gms, the honey flavour has been too much for me. I used yellow box honey which is fairly mild, so consider the type you use.

 

Maybe try a smaller amount to start with as you don't want it to dominate. I have also found that the honey flavour does not diminish with time, in fact it seems to intensify as the hop flavours of the Pale ale reduces, which is another reason to be sparing unless you really like your honey.

[ben 10]

Citra and the APA kit are good friends too. As would be any fruity hop.

1kg DME in 10 litres, boil 20g hops for 10, 20g for 5, then dry hop with 20g when fermentation has stopped, for two days.

 

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