thinking of making another CDA this weekend. my last one turned out great, it just took a couple months to mature. I wanted to switch up a couple things, however.
10# maris otter
2# crystal 80
3/4# black midnight 525 (wheat sub for carafa iii?)
3/4# carapils
1/2# special B
I will steep the midnight the last 20 minutes of the mash only so the roast doesn't overpower
2oz warrior 60 min
2oz falconers flight 60 min
1oz cascade 30 min
1oz cascade 15 min
1oz falconers flight 15 min
1oz cascade 0 min
making a WLP060 american ale blend starter with some expired yeast. if that doesn't take off (I've yet to get a viable starter but just bought a stir plate for this one), I'll just pitch a US-05.
it's hard to tell from beersmith how this will work out, since I don't have a CDA style type to judge against. but it should work out to about 6.5%, 40-45 SRM and 100+ IBU. any suggestions as to what to change? I have all of my specialty grains mixed together, but the midnight and the maris are separate.