English Ales - What's your favorite recipe?

[cire]

Northern British drinkers demand a decent head, the only limitation is getting full measure. That's not a problem when it is your own beer and you don't have to pay full price for the head.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Northern British drinkers demand a decent head, the only limitation is getting full measure. That's not a problem when it is your own beer and you don't have to pay full price for the head.

Not all of us require a decent head. It’s a myth that only Yorkshire can brew good beer.

 

[McMullan]

It’s a myth that only Yorkshire can brew good beer.

But a fact they brew among the best.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

But a fact they brew among the best.

But so do all regions of the UK.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

If it ain't from Yorkshire it's *****.

 

[balrog]

<sniff> but I like my beer I make in New England

 

[Cheshire Cat]

If it ain't from Yorkshire it's *****.

Change your name to Eric the Tyke

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Heres my current bitter on tap. I might have mentioned in this thread I've started to grow some hops, and this is a beer brewed using homegrown hops for late boil and dry hops.
All 3 plants are old, domestic heritage/landrace varieties.
The one used in this one is called "Gamla Källmon"(most names are given after the place they are found). Gives a prominent , spicy, herbal/grassy aroma/flavour, reminiscent of Japanese green tea.
On it's own it's a bit too strong, but is probably very nice in a 50/50 mix with Goldings.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Notice the proper pour btw...

 

[user 246304]

Northern British drinkers demand a decent head, the only limitation is getting full measure. That's not a problem when it is your own beer and you don't have to pay full price for the head.

Like @Brewskey , relegated to 12 oz. pours for now though I plan on using 22 oz. "bombers" for the long-aged 1848 RIS and vintage IPA I'm doing coming up. As lame as it is....just can't bring myself to pour an English bitter in a standard, insipid, straight-walled 12 oz. glass.

 

[user 246304]

Heres my current bitter on tap. I might have mentioned in this thread I've started to grow some hops, and this is a beer brewed using homegrown hops for late boil and dry hops.
All 3 plants are old, domestic heritage/landrace varieties.
The one used in this one is called "Gamla Källmon"(most names are given after the place they are found). Gives a prominent , spicy, herbal/grassy aroma/flavour, reminiscent of Japanese green tea.
On it's own it's a bit too strong, but is probably very nice in a 50/50 mix with Goldings.
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Nice, man! Doubly so, using your own landrace hops!

 

[Brewskey]

Like @Brewskey , relegated to 12 oz. pours for now though I plan on using 22 oz. "bombers" for the long-aged 1848 RIS and vintage IPA I'm doing coming up. As lame as it is....just can't bring myself to pour an English bitter in a standard, insipid, straight-walled 12 oz. glass.

I have kegs too, but I tend to bottle most of the English recipes I brew.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Are the “pint” glasses in the US the same size as in the UK? Ours are 20 fluid oz (568 ml).

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

American Standard pints are a bit smaller than Imperial pints. I don't remember exactly but it's a little under 0.5 liter.

 

[DBhomebrew]

16oz is a standard US pint

[8]oz cup
16 pint
32 quart

 

[Shenanigans]

Heres my current bitter on tap. I might have mentioned in this thread I've started to grow some hops, and this is a beer brewed using homegrown hops for late boil and dry hops.
All 3 plants are old, domestic heritage/landrace varieties.
The one used in this one is called "Gamla Källmon"(most names are given after the place they are found). Gives a prominent , spicy, herbal/grassy aroma/flavour, reminiscent of Japanese green tea.
On it's own it's a bit too strong, but is probably very nice in a 50/50 mix with Goldings.
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Looks good.
Makes me yearn for a bitter but tomorrow there are some NEIPAs planned.
A Landlord clone is planned for later this month though

 

[balrog]

Are the “pint” glasses in the US the same size as in the UK? Ours are 20 fluid oz (568 ml).

Sadly, no.

@DBhomebrew beat me to it.

 

[McMullan]

Are the “pint” glasses in the US the same size as in the UK? Ours are 20 fluid oz (568 ml).

That 568ml is to the pint line marked on the glass. In Yorkshire, and some other places, you’ll find oversized pint glasses, leaving enough room for a head plus the beer you paid for. Why most Southerners and others don’t appreciate good head, presumably.

 

[DuncB]

You don't need a good head on a pint of Harveys Sussex.

 

[McMullan]

You don't need a good head on a pint of Harveys Sussex.

Still Yorkshire yeast, though.

 

[user 246304]

That 568ml is to the pint line marked on the glass. In Yorkshire, and some other places, you’ll find oversized pint glasses, leaving enough room for a head plus the beer you paid for. Why most Southerners and others don’t appreciate good head, presumably.
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Just finished watching Ted Lasso for the first time. And yes, I noticed. Richmond, SW London.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Who are the Southerners? Londoners, Cornish, Birmingham? The UK has many great beers from the whole country. My go to homebrew bitters are

Jail Ale - Devon
Sussex Best - Sussex
5 Points - London
Summer Lightning - Wiltshire
Landlord - Yorkshire
Tribute - Cornwall.

 

[McMullan]

Who are the Southerners?

I’m about as Southerner as you can get, but I do like good head.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Don't we all?

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Change your name to Eric the Tyke

Harald Hardrada tried to become a tyke, didn't work out so well for him. My dad once had a job that involved going to the farm where the Battle of Stamford Bridge took place, there's still a hillock which is meant to be where the Vikings ended up....

 

[Northern_Brewer]

16oz is a standard US pint

But US floz are slightly different to British floz, which is why you get all those weird 19.2 US floz cans in US supermarkets, they're actually imperial pint cans from Britain (and funnily are far more common in the US than UK)

 

[Miraculix]

Kg, g, mg.

L, ml.

And the world would be much easier.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Divide by ten! Divide by ten! Divide by ten!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Strange how the US had a dollar worth 100 cents early in its history ( the UK went monetary metric as late as 1971) but stuck with Imperial UOM. I was brought up on £sd, miles, furlongs, chains, hundredweight, stones, pounds and ozs. Yards, feet, and inches. In Engineering we had thou’s , tenths, BTU’s. But most of this confusion was swept away thank heavens. I still think distance in miles but for the rest good old metric.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Strange how the US had a dollar worth 100 cents early in its history ( the UK went monetary metric as late as 1971) but stuck with Imperial UOM. I was brought up on £sd, miles, furlongs, chains, hundredweight, stones, pounds and ozs. Yards, feet, and inches. In Engineering we had thou’s , tenths, BTU’s. But most of this confusion was swept away thank heavens. I still think distance in miles but for the rest good old metric.

So you buy your beer in 568mls then....