Mystery Beer

I got in a rhythm grinding grain one night and ground all the specialty grains for one batch into the same bucket as all the base malt and specialty grains for another batch. Having no other choice, I decided to just brew this and see what happened. The resulting beer was nothing special, but it was certainly drinkable and better than just dumping all the grain out. The recipe is definitely tipped in the malty direction and could probably benefit from extra hops.

All grain recipe

Ingredients

• 8 lb. 2 row
• 4 oz. Munich malt
• 9 oz. Caramel wheat
• 5 oz. Biscuit malt
• 2 oz. Chocolate wheat
• 8 oz. White wheat
• 1.5 oz. Styrian Goldings (60 minutes)
• 0.5 oz. Styrian Goldings (10 minutes)
• 0.5 oz. Styrian Goldings (5 minutes)
• Wyeast #1056 (American Ale)

Procedure

• Heat 12.5 quarts of mash water to 168° F.
• Add hot water to crushed grains in mash tun.
• Hold for 60 minutes at 158° F.
• Lauter with 170° F water, collecting 5.5 gallons.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add 1.5 oz. Styrian Goldings hops. Boil 60 minutes.
• With 10 minutes remaining, add 0.5 oz. Styrian Goldings hops.
• With 5 minutes remaining, add 0.5 oz. Styrian Goldings hops.
• Cool with wort chiller to ~ 75° F and transfer to carboy. Add extra water to bring to 5 gallons.
• Pitch yeast.
• Bottle or keg when fermentation is complete.