Looking for some help for my next attempt to copy this beer. My first recipe (slight rounding off):
44% Pilsner
33% Vienna
17% Flaked corn
2% Caravienne (said to be like Caramel 20)
2% Caramel 60
2% Carafa Special I (roughly chocolate malt)
Mash pH 5.4, minerals intentionally kept fairly low overall, with a roughly 1:1 ratio
16 IBU Hallertau at boil
9 IBU Tettnanger at -10min
WLP940 White Labs Mexican Lager yeast
In a side-by-side taste test, I noticed that the Negra Modelo was far maltier, I'd call it sweeter, and fruitier perhaps as well. They were not a lot alike other than the color. My beer was a quite yummy beer, but I'd say it was much grainier tasting, and not at all sweet. I don't care for sweet beer but I'd like to push it a little closer to the real thing.
Recommendations for the next round to make it closer? I'm all ears. I have some ideas in mind but maybe I'll stop here for the moment.
44% Pilsner
33% Vienna
17% Flaked corn
2% Caravienne (said to be like Caramel 20)
2% Caramel 60
2% Carafa Special I (roughly chocolate malt)
Mash pH 5.4, minerals intentionally kept fairly low overall, with a roughly 1:1 ratio
16 IBU Hallertau at boil
9 IBU Tettnanger at -10min
WLP940 White Labs Mexican Lager yeast
In a side-by-side taste test, I noticed that the Negra Modelo was far maltier, I'd call it sweeter, and fruitier perhaps as well. They were not a lot alike other than the color. My beer was a quite yummy beer, but I'd say it was much grainier tasting, and not at all sweet. I don't care for sweet beer but I'd like to push it a little closer to the real thing.
Recommendations for the next round to make it closer? I'm all ears. I have some ideas in mind but maybe I'll stop here for the moment.