Spoonta
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im going to give this i a crack mate keep up the good work mate
BierMuncher said:Speaking of which and totally
Orfy, could an Old Speckled Hen brewed this weekend be ready to serve in say...oh...um...5-6 weeks?
As a rule of thumb, for English ales at least, it will be at it's peak after 1 week for every 10 points of gravity and you can take this time from when the gravity is stable. It's unlikely that Greene King allow this sort of maturation period though. In a pub with a high turnover you could see it on tap in 3-4 weeks from the time it was mashed.BierMuncher said:Orfy, could an Old Speckled Hen brewed this weekend be ready to serve in say...oh...um...5-6 weeks?
Yep. Trust me...I was nervous, but it's not uncommon for the English beers to mash that high to keep them malty. I beleive it's the 170 mark where you run into trouble.Soulive21 said:You mashed at 165F? Is that a typo? It looks good in the pic...
BierMuncher said:Yep. Trust me...I was nervous, but it's not uncommon for the English beers to mash that high to keep them malty. I beleive it's the 170 mark where you run into trouble.
Soulive21 said:Cool, maybe I'll try like 160F some time. I've never been over 158F yet...
orfy said:Have faith, let the force be with you.
No.Soulive21 said:Orfy, do you mash below 154F for any beers? I brew mostly British ales and have been mashing from 150F-156F...
orfy said:No.
I like malty beers and don't like 1008's I sulk if it gets below 1010.
I tend to use 155°F as a base.
Sounds like it turned out good. It's a unique beer to be sure.cd2448 said:Just in case anyone looks for this later - the PM went pretty well, and although I had to sub Safale 04 for the Nottingham, I'm pretty much at the FG after 5 days. Hydro sample taste is excellent, definitely close to OSH, could it be the lyle's? My LHBS had no Northern Brewer either so I had to sub some Admirals for that
ozzyatfrbrich said:Hi all. I'm new to homebrew and my first attempt will be an OSH mid Feb '08. First post and a couple questions. So, when do you add the Lyle's and Dememera sugar? Or are they used for priming? Thanks!
Give them a 10-15 minute boil. They are not priming sugars. :cross:ozzyatfrbrich said:Hi all. I'm new to homebrew and my first attempt will be an OSH mid Feb '08. First post and a couple questions. So, when do you add the Lyle's and Dememera sugar? Or are they used for priming? Thanks!
cd2448 said:I added them both at the start of the boil. You need some additional corn sugar or DME for priming.
BierMuncher said:Give them a 10-15 minute boil. They are not priming sugars. :cross:
I just bought a can of Lyle's Golden Syrup, and had a taste. It was quite surprising, with a rather rich and almost butterscotch-like flavor. Absolutely nothing like corn syrup, molasses or any combination of the two.disaffected said:Blender, orfy posted about Lyle's Golden Syrup in this Invert Sugar thread.
I also explained how I brewed orfy's recipe for OSH using American measurements and substituting Karo and molasses for Lyle's Golden Syrup
BlindLemonLars said:I just bought a can of Lyle's Golden Syrup, and had a taste. It was quite surprising, with a rather rich and almost butterscotch-like flavor. Absolutely nothing like corn syrup, molasses or any combination of the two.
explosivebeer said:Where did you manage to find Lyle's? I'm planning on doing this recipe in the next couple of weeks and would love to get my hands on some.
I ordered mine from Austin Homebrew Supply.explosivebeer said:Where did you manage to find Lyle's?
RichBrewer said:My local liquor store had some Old Speckled Hen for sale. I almost bought some but it was $9 a six pack.
Revvy said:I mean since it is in clear glass, and was sitting on the top shelf of the liquor store imported beer section, I wonder if it got too much sun or something.
Revvy said:FYI, anyone in the States looking to score Lyle's Golden Syrup. I saw a jar of it at Cost Plus World Marketplace yesterday for about 3 bucks a large jar. Actually my GF, who is from Ireland noticed it first and was telling that as kids they'd eat spoonfulls of it right out of the jar.
Although the product is not on their website (or their search function is just crappy) The site does have a store locator by state, city and zipcode.
http://www.worldmarket.com/content.jsp?sectionId=600
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