Baltic Bliss

September 1, 2011 By K. Florian Klemp

OG 1.075, ABV 7.0%, 35 IBU, deep chestnut color

Extract Recipe

8# Dried Malt Extract (combination of Munich or amber, and light)

Steep: 1# crystal 80 malt, 5 oz Carafa I, 5 oz chocolate malt

Mini-mash Recipe

5# Munich or amber, and light DME

Mash: 5# Munich malt, 12 oz Caramunich III, 5 oz Carafa I, 5 oz Special B

Mash at 153° F

All-Grain Recipe

7# pilsner or Vienna malt

5# Munich malt

12 oz Aromatic malt

5 oz Special B

5 oz Carafa I

12 oz Caramunich III

Mash at 153° F

Hops

9 alpha acid units (2 oz at 4.5% alpha acid for example) for the full boil of 60 minutes

½ oz aromatic hops (optional) for 5 minutes

Yeast

Ferment with bottom-fermenting yeast at 50 to 55° F, or top-fermenting yeast at 55 to 65° F