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Hi all. Kind of a noob here and want to have a go at Tasty's Janet's brown, the classic version. I have bought all the ingredients for the AG recipie but none of the homebrew shops here in Chile have any carapils (or carafoam or dextrine) malts in stock. I also cannot find any centenial hops for the dryhopping.

Do you have any ideas on substitutions for these that would result in something that still tastes as close to a JBA as I can get?
Cheers

Instead of carapils, I would use wheat malt instead and raise the mash temp by 1/2 degree Celsius.

Instead of Centennial, substitute 1 part Chinook and 3 parts Cascade.
So, if you need 60 grams of Centennial, use 15 grams of Chinook and 45 grams of Cascade.

You can ignore the %AA differences when dry hopping.

HTH-

I remember Tasty commenting on Janets Brown ale hop lineup and saying that even Simcoe and Amarillo would be subs in there as well.

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

Quick question, the recipe already has over 6% wheat malt in it. Subbing more wheat for the carapils would push the wheat to just over 14%. Isn't that a bit much? Would it start tasting wheaty?

If you are that concerned about it, then you could always sub in some maltodextrin powder (if you can source it) for the carapils. Maybe a 1/2 pound would suffice. If not, then I would just go ahead and brew it as is without any added malts and maybe bump the mash temp up a couple degrees to compensate.

+1

I forgot that there was already wheat in there. Just sub more 2 row and mash a little warmer.
It will be fine.