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Took an inventory last night, and found I had a few cans of MB HMEs still on the shelf. I haven't done a MB sized batch in quite a while, so thought I would ask the Borg for some suggestions. Here's what I have:

1 Original MB High Country Canadian Draft
1 Original MB Whispering Wheat Weizenbier
1 Coopers MB American Ale
1 Coopers MB Classic American Light

Grains:
2 row 9lbs 2oz
Maris Otter 1lb 8oz
C20 1lb 8oz
C40 2lbs 4oz
C60 7oz
C80 8oz
Roasted Barley 14oz
Biscuit 7oz
Carapils 2lbs

Golden Light DME 3lbs

Hops:
Cascade 3.8oz
Centennial 2.9oz
Saaz 2oz
Amarillo .6oz

No yeast on hand besides the fumundas, but I can pick up whatever there.

Looking to do a LBK sized batch or two (or three even) with the available ingredients.

So what say you Borg? What are your best/favorite recipes that use those HMEs?

No specific recipe ideas for you, but an idea nonetheless:

The last time I had cans of HME on hand I used them to try a hopstand (using the old WCPA as the base). It gave me a chance to learn/play with a new technique and not risk spending a whole day doing it.

If it's something that you haven't done, consider it food for thought.

Thanks Kealia. Not a bad idea. I'll keep that in mind.

I dug around through the MB archives and found a couple who had combined HCCD and WWW with some success. Also saw a recipe on the C-MB (Santa Catalina Pale Ale) that uses both the C-MB HMEs that I have and Cascade hops. May have to look at that one a little closer...

gwcr wrote:Took an inventory last night, and found I had a few cans of MB HMEs still on the shelf. I haven't done a MB sized batch in quite a while, so thought I would ask the Borg for some suggestions. Here's what I have:

1 Original MB High Country Canadian Draft
1 Original MB Whispering Wheat Weizenbier
1 Coopers MB American Ale
1 Coopers MB Classic American Light

Grains:
2 row 9lbs 2oz
Maris Otter 1lb 8oz
C20 1lb 8oz
C40 2lbs 4oz
C60 7oz
C80 8oz
Roasted Barley 14oz
Biscuit 7oz
Carapils 2lbs

Golden Light DME 3lbs

Hops:
Cascade 3.8oz
Centennial 2.9oz
Saaz 2oz
Amarillo .6oz

No yeast on hand besides the fumundas, but I can pick up whatever there.

Looking to do a LBK sized batch or two (or three even) with the available ingredients.

So what say you Borg? What are your best/favorite recipes that use those HMEs?

You have the makings for a variation of one my favorites I've made so far.

1 CAL
1# DME (I used extra light in mine)
.5oz centennial 15 min
.25 centennial 5 min
.25 centennial flameout

A light citrusy beer!

jpsherman wrote:You have the makings for a variation of one my favorites I've made so far.

1 CAL
1# DME (I used extra light in mine)
.5oz centennial 15 min
.25 centennial 5 min
.25 centennial flameout

A light citrusy beer!

Thanks! This is the sort of thing I'm looking for. Something quick and easy. May have to do that one.

Any other suggestions?

2.2 gallon batch

American Ale
Weizenbier

Steep some Carapils and C40
.5 ounce Saaz (T-20)
.6 ounce Amarillo (T-5)

Nice APA / IPA with wheat and citrus notes.

BigPapaG wrote:2.2 gallon batch

American Ale
Weizenbier

Steep some Carapils and C40
.5 ounce Saaz (T-20)
.6 ounce Amarillo (T-5)

Nice APA / IPA with wheat and citrus notes.

in this, how much Carapils and C40 are you suggesting?

Surely the Borg Collective can make more than two recipes out of the above ingredients... Come on peeps! What say you?

I'd use a good portion of your grains and do an AG.....as a guideline, not knowing what styles you like:
I'd use all the 2 row and MO, add 1/2 lb of C80, all the biscuit and do 1.5 oz Cetntennial at 60, 1 oz of Cascade at 20, 1 oz of Centennial at 10 and 1 oz cascade at 0.
Then dry hop with 1.5 oz of a blend of cascade and Centennial.

I've kind of gone away lately with DME and HME so I'm not a good judge of what works but I've basically done some crystal steeped for 30 minutes and added late addition and dry hopping for the HME's.

Thanks Beer-lord. That does sound tasty. I probably will do something like that. Was more looking for how to enhance the 4 MB HMEs that I have. Hoping to get some favorite recipes that others have made with those as a base.

Yankeedag wrote:

BigPapaG wrote:2.2 gallon batch

American Ale
Weizenbier

Steep some Carapils and C40
.5 ounce Saaz (T-20)
.6 ounce Amarillo (T-5)

Nice APA / IPA with wheat and citrus notes.

in this, how much Carapils and C40 are you suggesting?

Just saw this guys...

I would use 2 ounces of CaraPils and maybe 2 ounces of C40.

Agreed. In a MrB sized batch you don't want to use more than 8oz of specialty grains.

I generally use 4-6 oz of Crystal 40 or 60.

jpsherman wrote:You have the makings for a variation of one my favorites I've made so far.

1 CAL
1# DME (I used extra light in mine)
.5oz centennial 15 min
.25 centennial 5 min
.25 centennial flameout

A light citrusy beer!

Taking your suggestion and tweaking it just a bit. Bumped it to 2.5 gallons to try out the new BD Conical this coming weekend. Here's what I came up with in QBrew.

CAL Centennial
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Brewer: gwcr
Style: American Pale Ale
Batch: 2.50 gal

Characteristics
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Recipe Gravity: 1.046 OG
Recipe Bitterness: 34 IBU
Recipe Color: 4° SRM
Estimated FG: 1.012
Alcohol by Volume: 4.5%
Alcohol by Weight: 3.5%

Ingredients
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Mr. Beer/Coopers Classic American Light1.21 lb, Extract, Extract
Briess DME - Golden Light 1.50 lb, Extract, Extract
CaraPils - [Body, Head] 0.25 lb, Grain, Steeped

Centennial - 0.50 oz, Pellet, 20 minutes
Centennial - 0.25 oz, Pellet, 10 minutes
Centennial - 0.25 oz, Pellet, 0 minutes
Mr. Beer/Coopers Classic American Light1.00 oz, Pellet, 5 minutes

Going to do a short hop stand with the flame out addition (maybe 20 minutes) to see how that affects things. Thinking this looks pretty tasty to me!

Edit: Forgot the yeast (derp). May pick up a pack of US-05. Not sure I trust the fumundas...

My CAL was 1.87#. Otherwise sounds tasty

Good catch. Had the old MB number in my head. Will change it up.

Here's what it looks like now.
CAL Centennial
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Brewer: gwcr
Style: American Pale Ale
Batch: 2.50 galExtract

Characteristics
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Recipe Gravity: 1.047 OG
Recipe Bitterness: 34 IBU
Recipe Color: 3° SRM
Estimated FG: 1.012
Alcohol by Volume: 4.5%
Alcohol by Weight: 3.5%

Ingredients
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Briess DME - Golden Light 1.00 lb, Extract, Extract
CaraPils - [Body, Head] 0.25 lb, Grain, Steeped
Mr. Beer/Coopers Classic American Light1.87 lb, Extract, Extract

Centennial - 0.25 oz, Pellet, 0 minutes
Centennial - 0.25 oz, Pellet, 10 minutes
Centennial - 0.50 oz, Pellet, 20 minutes
Mr. Beer/Coopers Classic American Light1.00 oz, Pellet, 5 minutes

Safale S-05 Dry Ale Yeast 1.00 unit, Yeast, American: Temperature Range: 59°-75° F 11.5 GRAMS