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First Mild and first time hitting over 80% efficiency. Looking forward to the results, no tweaking of the recipe and it smells glorious!! Also the Cowboys won which makes today a great day!
First Mild and first time hitting over 80% efficiency. Looking forward to the results, no tweaking of the recipe and it smells glorious!! Also the Cowboys won which makes today a great day!
trying to decide which yeast to use. WLP 002 English Ale or WLP 039 Nottingham. any experience with either of these?
azscoob said:This is an English brown mild, it is a low gravity session ale, so there is less grain in it than a higher gravity beer, the beer has big flavor from the malts used in it, so you get a great tasting beer with a lower ABV so it won't mess you up too bad, perfect for enjoying when you still need to get things done.
azscoob, thanks for the recipe and inspiring me to brew something other than pale ales and ipa's. I just got my grains in and plan on brewing this tomorrow. I ordered EKG and willamette instead of fuggles. Which one should I use for bittering?
azscoob said:I personally would use the wilamette for your 45 minute bittering addition and the EKG for flavor/aroma addition, this is simply because I love the flavor of EKG hops later in the boil, one of my favorite hops!
Just out of curiosity, can anyone tell if the 15 minute addition makes any difference on a beer with such low IBUs?
In addition, this style is supposed to have little to no hop perception. Would a 45 minute addition be enough to keep this beer tasting the same as the original posted recipe?
The difference between a 60 and 45 minute shouldn't be too noticeable, maybe a touch more flavor from the 45, not much. 60 will bitter more though. A 15 minute will add flavor and a bit of aroma to the beer.
Haputanlas said:I get that, I'm just wondering if this 15 minute addition will actually do anything with this small of a beer and with that small amount of hops with such low alpha acids.
Thanks very much for posting, and thanks for the extra info about 2-row+victory vs marris otter, that is very helpful.
To OP:
In your experience brewing this recipe, is there a difference between the MO and 2-Row/Victory versions? All things being equal, the 2-Row version will be cheaper. If there is a quality difference, I'd rather spring for the MO.
Thanks!
While the MO is quite awesome and won me the gold, I honestly prefer home toasting some 2-row to make my own victory, and adding that with 2-row for this recipe.
The flavors are fresh and malty, almost nutty.
I think I listed my process for home toasting is in the first few posts of this thread, give it a try, your house will smell fantastic while toasting the malt....malty, peanut buttery... Amazing. You won't be disappointed, and if you are like me you will start subbing home toasted and 2-row for all your recipes calling for MO.
Franc103 said:I think you convinced me to try toasting.
Let me verify: you take 1lb of the total base malt (2-row) and toast it, then (after a week) add it back into the rest of the (2-row) grist for crushing.
Sound right?
I think you convinced me to try toasting.
Let me verify: you take 1lb of the total base malt (2-row) and toast it, then (after a week) add it back into the rest of the (2-row) grist for crushing.
Sound right?
I really have to try this.
Do it!
Just want to say this is a great recipe and was my first all grain. I've done 3 batches now and this will remain a staple in my brew lineup.
I'm gonna brew this up soon, and pardon me as I have not read the whole thread, but has anyone tried this with golden promise in lieu of maris otter? I have some golden promise on hand, no MO. Thoughts?
Also, how about subbing EKGs for the Fuggles?
EKG is what I used. Worked out great. Also, many others on this thread used EKG with good results.
Golden Promise is a little bit lighter and less malty than the MO. It should be OK and I'd suggest you go for it, but it's possible that it might make the beer a tad thin for some's tastes.
You could always toast some of the grain (as the OP mentioned). Sounds tasty to me!
Thanks for the response. I have always heard that Golden Promise is basically a "superior Maris Otter". I thought that implied maltier, is that not the case?
saxowam said:I was looking forward to kegging this today but my batch has stalled at 1.020 with initial gravity of 1.039. Any suggestions to try as this is only my 4th batch of homebrew? Thanks.
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