Summer Bitter Misfire

The goal with this beer was an easy drinking summer beer.  I had a pile of crystal malt on hand, and thought that I could use it instead of something like Cara-Pils to add body.  The mash temp was low in order to keep the beer thin.

In hindsight, I don’t know how I thought that much crystal malt in a beer was a good idea.  Worse yet, the crystal was all the same kind so that it even lacked any real complexity.

Recent summer brews have been focusing on a lighter bitterness, but high hop aroma with a low mash and only a touch of crystal for colour and a slight residual sweetness.