Doom Bar recipe

[alibremo]

I am new to brewing and will start my first ever all grain brew this weekend. I ordered the ingredients to make a recipe i found on the internet. The recipe is supposed to be a Doom Bar clone, however after investigating Doom Bar I notice that the IBU in my recipe is very high (76). Will this mean that my first beer is going to be a disaster?

The recipe is:

1.045OG
1.013FG
76IBU
18SRM
4.3%ABV
Recipe does not conform to the Northern English Brown Ale style.
Fermentables

Amount Fermentable Maltster Use PPG Color
7.37 lb Pale Malt Gambrinus Mash 37 2 °L
0.56 lb Caramel Malt 120L Briess Mash 32 120 °L
0.37 lb Roasted Barley Briess Mash 33 300 °L
Hops

Amount Hop Time Use Form AA
0.6 oz Perle (US) 60 min Boil Pellet 8.0%
0.6 oz Fuggle (US) 60 min Boil Pellet 4.5%
0.6 oz Northern Brewer (DE) 60 min Boil Pellet 8.5%
0.6 oz Chinook (US) 60 min Boil Pellet 13.0%

Yeasts
Name Lab/Product Attenuation
British Whitbread (1099) 72.0%

 

[dstockwell]

WOW, that's a lot of 60min addition and no flavor hops. Doom Bar Bitter is a English Bitter, so IBU's are way over the top.

 

[VagueSkunk]

No way all of those hops boil for 60 minutes. I'm guessing you entered your times wrong in whatever software you're using for the recipe. Is this for 5 gallons?

 

[alibremo]

I got it from another website. I have the ingredients now so how can i best utilise them?

 

[alibremo]

Yes 5 gallons

 

[VagueSkunk]

Post a link to the recipe. And what software are you using? Beersmith?

 

[McKnuckle]

The recipe appears to be from BrewToad, a dodgy source if there ever was one:
https://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/doom-bar-clone-all-grain

Here's the beer itself on the brewery website. It has 20 IBU.
https://www.sharpsbrewery.co.uk/our-beers/doom-bar.html

A little Googling finds this, quoted from the website:
"At Sharp's 85% of the hops are added at the end of the boil to give an excellent late hop aroma"

I have no idea what this beer tastes like, but follow that guidance. Perle and Chinook have the most character among your hops. Fuggle is a traditional English noble hop, but will be overshadowed by the others, so maybe use that as a bittering addition at 60 minutes. You won't need much to hit ~20 IBU.

Watch their video. They boil for 85 minutes. They ferment 5 days at 24ºC, then 5 days at 12ºC.
https://www.sharpsbrewery.co.uk/brewing-process/

 

[McKnuckle]

Ignore some of that^^

Found this, quoted from the brewer at Sharp's:
"Doom is
Malt is pale ale malt, crystal, roast barley
Hops are Northdown, Northern Brewer and Perle
Yeast is a Whitbread B derivative
Water is 2:1 sulphate to chloride 220ppm Ca2+ zero carbonate or bicarbonate

As for the hops the schedule is as follows

5% Start of boil, rest at end, steep for 1 hour before transfer to FV

EBU 22
OG 1040
PG 1009
pH 4.1"

From:
http://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=45934

 

[alibremo]

This is great! Thank you mate. I'll take note not to use Brew Toad again!!!!!

 

[McKnuckle]

The main issue with Brew Toad is just that most of the recipes have no commentary - there's no documentation of outcomes, no discussion, just a listing. So you really have no idea if it was good or bad, or never brewed at all! I find that the recipes right here on HBT and on the BYO site are the most reliable in terms of what you find online. Books, of course, open it up further.

 

[dyqik]

For British beer clone recipes, it's worth checking against the Jim's Beer Kit forums, which is where it seems many UK homebrewers hang out.

 

[1alleaida]

In an attempt to revive this thread, has anyone had any luck cloning Sharp's glorious Doom Bar?