Only 10 days in the bottle have just opened a taster and its superb!
Loosely based on a Shepherd Neame Spitfire English Ale extract recipe I picked up:
3 litres tap water
3kg Light Malt (LME)
500g Crystal Malt
250g Wheat Spray Malt (DME)
250g Flaked Barley
25g Ringwood Hops
30g Golding Hops
Boiled 30mins
10g Golding Hops added
Boiled 10mins
10g Golding Hops added
Left to stand 10mins
Rapid cooled in ice bath.
Added tap water to make total volume 23 Litres
Initial OG 1.030 was expecting a bit higher, so added:
250g Wheat Spray Malt (DME)
400g Plain sugar
Subsequent OG 1.042.
Pitched on a yeast cake from last brew (a Hall & Woodhouse Badger Best Bitter clone) made with Nottingham Yeast
Aggressive CO2 bubbling within 2 hours
Transferred to secondary after 6 days
25g Goldings dry hopped
Bottled after 14 days in secondary dry hops bulk primed with 160g white sugar to 22 litres.
And after only 10 days in the bottle, it tastes superb!! A little way to go until the carbonation is perfect, but at this stage I am a very happy man.
I just wish my primary was empty now so I could get another batch going
Loosely based on a Shepherd Neame Spitfire English Ale extract recipe I picked up:
3 litres tap water
3kg Light Malt (LME)
500g Crystal Malt
250g Wheat Spray Malt (DME)
250g Flaked Barley
25g Ringwood Hops
30g Golding Hops
Boiled 30mins
10g Golding Hops added
Boiled 10mins
10g Golding Hops added
Left to stand 10mins
Rapid cooled in ice bath.
Added tap water to make total volume 23 Litres
Initial OG 1.030 was expecting a bit higher, so added:
250g Wheat Spray Malt (DME)
400g Plain sugar
Subsequent OG 1.042.
Pitched on a yeast cake from last brew (a Hall & Woodhouse Badger Best Bitter clone) made with Nottingham Yeast
Aggressive CO2 bubbling within 2 hours
Transferred to secondary after 6 days
25g Goldings dry hopped
Bottled after 14 days in secondary dry hops bulk primed with 160g white sugar to 22 litres.
And after only 10 days in the bottle, it tastes superb!! A little way to go until the carbonation is perfect, but at this stage I am a very happy man.
I just wish my primary was empty now so I could get another batch going
