What can I do with all of this crystal?

[Buccaneer]

Picked up a grain order that was supposed to be 5lbs pale 2-row and 0.25lbs of Crystal 15, but ended up being 5lbs of 2-row and 2.5lbs of Crystal 15. Obviously I'm going to have to "dilute" that crystal in some fashion, so what are some suggestions for crystal-heavy beers?

I should point out that the grains have already been crushed and mixed, so it's not like I can just take only the crystal I need and put the rest aside for now.

[Jimmy]

Picked up a grain order that was supposed to be 5lbs pale 2-row and 0.25lbs of Crystal 15, but ended up being 5lbs of 2-row and 2.5lbs of Crystal 15. Obviously I'm going to have to "dilute" that crystal in some fashion, so what are some suggestions for crystal-heavy beers?

Give it to Keith, he loves it!

[Buccaneer]

I'm thinking doppelbock, but even then... 5lbs Munich, 5lbs 2-row, 2.5lbs crystal 15 amounts to 20% crystal 15. Seems a bit high? Maybe not. I've got the Classic Styles 'Bock' book, whose recipes for bocks only amount to about 1lb out of 13-ish. 'Designing Great Beers' does suggest it could go as high as 30%.

I'm also happy to add a LOT more base that I would need and split the resulting total grain into 2 or more batches.

[Keith]

If you are brewing a 5 gallon batch, over all it's a light grain build and C15 won't be anything over the top.
Why not look at brewing a Session IPA and go about 30 IBU on the bittering hop addition.

[Buccaneer]

The original sizing was 2.5 gallons. I'm thinking I'll try doubling the pale and see where that puts me as far as OG on a 5 gal batch.

Tuning for a session IPA sounds interesting.

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[Keith]

Current grain build on a 5 gal puts it around 3.8% 6 SRM. Be easy to do. Or add 3lbs of base malt and go with a 5% IPA.

[Buccaneer]

I totally didn't see what you were saying the first time. I get it completely now.

I'm curious to know what this will taste like. Seems like it would be pretty thin.

I shall think about hops and a yeast.

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[Keith]

You'd need to mash fairly high. I brewed one not to long ago. Mashed at 156.