Based on all the comments here I decided I had to try this recipe out! Unfortunately, I went down to my LHBS and they didn't have most of the British grains (which is to be expected?). Luckily, they recommended good substitutions and I was able to get 2/5 called for malts. I grabbed Magnum hops and WLP013 London Ale yeast and headed home also with my new Blichmann burner — finally got my own!
Everything went according to plan and after chilling the wort I pulled up a sample in my wine thief and the O.G. was spot on at 1.036. I threw the yeast starter in that I began ~36 hours before and later tonight it's already humming along at a nice fermentation.
I should mention that I pulled the airlock off and gave it a smell... absolutely amazing smell of molasses. Anyone else get that on theirs?
Thanks again for the recipe flyangler18!
Cheers,
Ben
BrewToppers - Congrats on the new burner and on hitting the OG spot on! I don't recall a molasses scent emanating from the airlock, but I brewed this quite awhile ago. I need to brew this again, though I need to get a secondary regulator so that it doesn't get overcarbed (to a usual pale ale level) next time. You will enjoy this tasty brew, I'm sure.
Arrg, it seems that every good recipe I find turns out to be a gallon or tow over my brew pot volume. How can I mod these directions to end up with 5.5 or so gallons to ferment? My brew pot only holds 7.5 gal.
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