aryoung1980
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I plan on brewing up an ESB next weekend with US Goldings. What hops pair well with these in an ESB?
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They're pretty awesome, if they're done right.I've never brewed and ESB before so I'm pretty excited about it.
They're pretty awesome, if they're done right.
My original plan was/is 93% pale ale malt, 5% crystal 40, and 2% carapils. 40 IBUs from US Goldings at 60 minutes plus a 1oz addition at flameout. Ferment with WLP013 London Ale.
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huge fan of northdown and bramling cross...especially bramling cross!
Ølbart;6015889 said:WLP028 should work fine. It's a bit like WLP002, but less flocculent, and with a different (but not overly strong) ester profile.
Has anybody tried the WLP028 Edinburgh Ale yeast in an ESB?
While most any UK hop will blend nicely with goldings, don't feel you need to blend anything with goldings. Those little East Kent gems do just fine by themselves.
I'm surprised to see a lot of love now for Bramling Cross. Just a couple years back around here, no one had heard of them, seemingly. I like them well enough in darker beers (Bramling Cross + porter = win for taste buds), but bitters I like better with EKG, first gold, northdown, that kind of thing.
dry hop with half your boil addition of kent 3-4 days before bottling/keg
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Yes, it's excellent in an ESB.
Do others dry hop their ESBs? I wasn't planning on it but I definitely could.
Haven't seen it recommended in any of the recipes I have. And I doubt if its ever done. ESB's just aren't supposed to be all that hoppy.
Why I dryhop for 3 days, its not overpowering at all, very subtle with the KG...just a way and its excellent...lol, you dont have to do anything. Pleasure of homebrewing is you can do what you want
I feel like I've read somewhere that British brewers do add a dry hop to a cask of bitter before it is sent to the publican.
I ended up getting some EKG in the mail this week so I've altered my plan. I'm replacing the US Golding with all EKG and leaving it as a single hop beer.
I'm currently working out of recipe book published in the UK and, so far, I haven't been disappointed with the beers. Their recipes for both a common bitter and an ESB call for single hop with EKG. Just made another batch of common yesterday. Can't seem to keep a keg of the stuff on hand!
Interesting comment about dry-hopping the cask. I think I may try that with this batch. What do you think? An ounce in 5 gal. 3 days before kegging?
Cheers!
I believe Fuller's ESB uses Target for bittering and Goldings for flavor and aroma.
Using 100% Maris Otter (Thomas Fawcett is awesome! Crisp is also very nice) is the way to go, with a 14 Plato (1.056) target gravity.
I have read that the Brits don't use crystal malt in most instances, and the beers that I have made with 100% Maris Otter have not required any enhancement.
My preferred malt bill is:
Golden Promise 50%
Marris Otter 40%
Munich 10%
What's the name of that recipe book? Interested to see if I can find it. I dryhop a very small quantity 3-4 days before bottling; I usually throw them a day before I move the fermenter to my garage (bout 36-42 degrees). I fin with gelatin also the last couple days...just enough to set off some hop oils. .
100% MaRis, hmm I use about 2% Crystal 120 for color...Id like try to smash it with mo and kg...putting that in my todo list
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