In my quest to get back to basics and learn all about the method of brewing you might know I've doing a series of SMaSH brews based on Maris otter and Fuggles. I brewed it with a single infusion mash and batch sparged.
The first one was a very good drinkable English Pale ale. Middle of the road on gravity, maltiness and bitterness. This gave me my bench mark and I'm very pleased with it.
My next one was done to the same method but I increesd the gravity and the bitterness. This is still in the fermenter. I will take half it and drink as is.
The other half I will age with whisky soaked oak.
My third batch is on now. I going with the original recipe and doing a simple single stage decotion.
I'll up date you as I go along. Recipe and method to follow.
Recipe:
5kg Maris Otter
Fuggles
20g @ 60
20g @ 30
15g @ 20
15g @ 20
The first one was a very good drinkable English Pale ale. Middle of the road on gravity, maltiness and bitterness. This gave me my bench mark and I'm very pleased with it.
My next one was done to the same method but I increesd the gravity and the bitterness. This is still in the fermenter. I will take half it and drink as is.
The other half I will age with whisky soaked oak.
My third batch is on now. I going with the original recipe and doing a simple single stage decotion.
I'll up date you as I go along. Recipe and method to follow.
Recipe:
5kg Maris Otter
Fuggles
20g @ 60
20g @ 30
15g @ 20
15g @ 20