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Made four batches comparing different options:

  • Pale vs. Mild base malts

  • Chocolate vs. crystal specialty malts

  • Made very small mashes in mason jars and heated them in the microwave to keep them warm enough:

  • variant #21a: crystal mild (10 oz. mild, 1 oz. crystal, 1/2 oz. chocolate)
  • variant #21b: mix mild (10 oz. mild, 3/4 oz. crystal, 3/4 oz. chocolate)
  • variant #21c: chocolate mild (10 oz. mild, 1/2 oz. crystal, 1 oz. chocolate)
  • variant #21d: crystal porter (10 oz. pale ale, 1 oz. crystal, 1/2 oz. chocolate)
  • variant #21e: mix porter (10 oz. pale ale, 3/4 oz. crystal, 3/4 oz. chocolate)
  • variant #21f: chocolate porter (10 oz. pale ale, 1/2 oz. crystal, 1 oz. chocolate)

yeast:

  • WLP002 English Ale Yeast

stats:

  • mild base (w/ 1/5 oz. willamette hop pellets):
    • OG: 1.074
    • FG: 1.024
    • ABV: 6.5%
  • pale base (w/ 1/5 oz. mt. hood hop pellets):
    • OG: 1.075
    • FG: 1.025
    • ABV: 6.66%