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Offline Jason

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A More Crushable G'Knight
« on: September 30, 2019, 06:49:00 pm »
I need some help guys.  I'd want to make a crushable G'Knight by Oskar Blues.  I found a G'Knight clone recipe at BeerSmith, looks decent, and would like your expertise on how to tweak the recipe to be more crushable/easier drinking. 

link to recipe:  https://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/421227/oskar-blues-gknight-gordon

I have a 5 gal All-grain setup. The favorite batches I make are Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA clone variants but looking for more red.

Thanks!

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Re: A More Crushable G'Knight
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2019, 06:54:43 pm »
For "easier drinking" one really obvious idea would be just to scale it down.  Cut all the ingredients by the same percentage to get the same balance but at a lower gravity you consider more sessionable.
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Offline Jason

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Re: A More Crushable G'Knight
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2019, 07:13:55 pm »
that's what I need.  I've got a lot to learn so any obvious items are in in play here.   ;)

Offline Jason

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Re: A More Crushable G'Knight
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2019, 07:24:31 pm »
what do you guys think about this recipe?  maybe a little better with ingredients that are more likely to be at my homebrew shop?

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/228618/g-knight-clone-oskar-blues-

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Re: A More Crushable G'Knight
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2019, 07:20:56 am »
If you have beersmith you can just use the gravity adjust tool to get the OG you desire and it will scale the grains for you.
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Re: A More Crushable G'Knight
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2019, 09:33:31 am »
Boom!  that'll work.  I actually do have BeerSmith and was messing around with that last night.

I guess I'll try and target an O.G. to match a lighter beer.

Thanks for all the help guys!