Are there any fans of Ron Pattinson's beer history blog http://barclayperkins.blogspot.ca and the "Let's Brew Wednesday" recipes?
I've brewed a few of the recipes and I often have questions but unless you jump on a post when its still new, any discussion quickly fizzles out so I thought I'd start this thread.
What recipes have you brewed?
So far I've brewed:
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.ca/2010/07/lets-brew-wednesday-1952-lees-best-mild.html
-was alright but nothing great. used wy1469 which I didn't like and resolved to use wy1968 on all future English beers.
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.ca/2011/08/lets-brew-wednesday-1930-whitbread-ak.html
-overshot OG and finished low, almost an entire percent abv too strong. Amazing summer session beer
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.ca/2012/02/lets-brew-wednesday-1914-courage.html
-brewed last Easter weekend, came in high at 1.102, fermented with nottingham. I bottled half with bret C. Opened a bottle of each at xmas, promising (especially the bret infected) but still too young
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.ca/2012/05/lets-brew-wednesday-1987-boddingtons_23.html
-turned out really really nice despite finishing a little too dry. I used a couple oz of carafa sp 2 in place of the caramel colourant.
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.ca/2012/05/lets-brew-wednesday-oldham-1987-mild.html
-I mashed a little hotter and tried to make my own caramel colourant. fermentation issues and finished high.
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.ca/2010/01/lets-brew-wednesday-1843-whitbread-oat.html
-Brewed on Saturday and kegged tonight. I had some mild malt and wanted to brew something from WW2 (the url is a mistype of 1943). Gravity sample was yummy!
Considering the 1848 Imperial Brown Stout from Ron's Porter! book or something from the IPA book
.
...here is the full list of "Let's Brew" recipes
http://www.unholymess.com/blog/lets-brew/comment-page-1
I've brewed a few of the recipes and I often have questions but unless you jump on a post when its still new, any discussion quickly fizzles out so I thought I'd start this thread.
What recipes have you brewed?
So far I've brewed:
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.ca/2010/07/lets-brew-wednesday-1952-lees-best-mild.html
-was alright but nothing great. used wy1469 which I didn't like and resolved to use wy1968 on all future English beers.
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.ca/2011/08/lets-brew-wednesday-1930-whitbread-ak.html
-overshot OG and finished low, almost an entire percent abv too strong. Amazing summer session beer
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.ca/2012/02/lets-brew-wednesday-1914-courage.html
-brewed last Easter weekend, came in high at 1.102, fermented with nottingham. I bottled half with bret C. Opened a bottle of each at xmas, promising (especially the bret infected) but still too young
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.ca/2012/05/lets-brew-wednesday-1987-boddingtons_23.html
-turned out really really nice despite finishing a little too dry. I used a couple oz of carafa sp 2 in place of the caramel colourant.
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.ca/2012/05/lets-brew-wednesday-oldham-1987-mild.html
-I mashed a little hotter and tried to make my own caramel colourant. fermentation issues and finished high.
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.ca/2010/01/lets-brew-wednesday-1843-whitbread-oat.html
-Brewed on Saturday and kegged tonight. I had some mild malt and wanted to brew something from WW2 (the url is a mistype of 1943). Gravity sample was yummy!
Considering the 1848 Imperial Brown Stout from Ron's Porter! book or something from the IPA book
.
...here is the full list of "Let's Brew" recipes
http://www.unholymess.com/blog/lets-brew/comment-page-1