jamils dubbel

[positiverpr]

im brewing a recipe suspiciously similar to jamils dubbel in the am. i ordered 1.5# instead of 0.5# caramunich. it will only raise og by 2 - 3 points and color by 3m but im wondering about malt character. all grains were ordered pre-packaged so i cant remove any.
recipe is: 10.5 pilsner
1 munich
.5 aromatic
.5 special b
.5 caramunich (non-tard version)
0.75 belgian dark syrup
.5 cane sugar

im not gonna lose sleep but im looking for opinions on the potential impact

[uncle_bad_touches]

the extra crystal is unfermentable and will raise your terminal gravity leaving you a sweeter beer. additionally you will get more caramel flavor coming through in the end. so to address the first problem I would drop your mash temp a couple degrees to make a more fermentable wort. as for the extra caramel flavor, I'd either just live with it or perhaps replace 1/4 lb of the candi syrup with additional table sugar.

[OldTree]

This just seems like one of those situations where you roll with it. It wants to be beer...brew it and ferment it

OT

[dontblake]

I brewed Jamil's recipe last weekend, how 'bout we do a side by side tasting comparison

Actually, that would be a cool experiment - re-brew with the 0.5lb caramunich vs the 1.5 lb. You'd for sure find out the difference. I'm sure that your dubbel came out fine though.
Cheers