I'm with you on this Craigerrr. I like to try off the beaten path hops with different grain combos as well.I don't like to paint myself into any corners. I might have 4 or 5 different hop varieties in a batch, with 2 grains, or I might have one hop, and 6 grains. Or I might......
Flavorings or spices though I must side with Nosy, never want to over do it, keep it subtle.
I brew simple because that's what I prefer. That hasn't stopped me from making a damned good chili pepper beer, attempting to get the flavors of nutella into my beer, some wildly spiced beers, strawberry hefeweizens.... My working mantra is if I can make simple beers well, I can make complex ones well - I've reached the point where my recipe is changing things, I'm not seeing variability from the process. So when I go off the beaten track and do, say, a Speltweizen, I know the changes are from ingredients, not process.I'm with you on this Craigerrr. I like to try off the beaten path hops with different grain combos as well.
I thought it meant the 4 basic ingredients: water, malt, hops and yeast....When it relates to Porters or Stouts, I can't see using 4 or less... because so much goes into these (malt wise).
I agree, you are correct sir.I thought it meant the 4 basic ingredients: water, malt, hops and yeast....
No worries. I too use more than 4 malts in a brown ale... I just wanted to make sure I didn't misunderstand.I agree, you are correct sir.
I went off on a tangent.![]()