It's me again; I just thought of something.
A lot of recipes and beer kits I see online for British-style ESB's call for typically 9 lbs of MO, 1 pound of medium crystal, and some combination of Fuggle/EKG/Styrian Golding. I wonder if that much crystal malt is because we Americans drink our beer ice cold. It would be too heavy and sweet at cellar temperature, but cold it might be about right?
Post and comments waxing lyrical about formative beers in the early 70s. Gives a good idea of what British beer was like in its context.
Brewing an imperial brown stout for next year: several pounds of brown and amber malt, a few ounces of patent malt. 100+ estimated IBU and ~30SRM.
Brewing an imperial brown stout for next year: several pounds of brown and amber malt, a few ounces of patent malt. 100+ estimated IBU and ~30SRM.
what in the world is a brown stout??
Certainly could. I'd confirm via gravity. But most of mine have finished by 10 days, often in 5-7.
Been pushing really hard to get my boss to green light brewing either a Bitter or Dark Mild, ideally both lol (don't know if I mentioned I'd gone pro a while back).
May be able to get one out for Mild Month. Will see. But it'd probably be an all-malt one (I'd probably scale up my less-than-traditional but very popular one up from 2.8% to 3.8%) but making some invert to do it right isn't out of the question. Already got us almost exclusively on Crisp specialty grains, so half my house grains are already on hand. But we're working out a pilot system so I can certainly push out some classics on that when we get it running.
Cool! Congratulations! With a dark mild you could try to brew it up to 15-18SRM and then darken it with brewers' caramel / sinamar. Maybe that and some flaked maize instead of invert sugar syrup if that becomes difficult to acquire? My local one is 3.5% in cask and 4.1% in bottle; brewed continuously since the 1920s, so 3.8% wouldn't be unheard of.
Could a special bitter have some traction over there? 8-10SRM, light dry hopping, 4.5% abv, decent bitterness with some malt back-bone? (Note: this stuff is so standard fare in the UK that I don't find it particularly appealing, but can be very drinkable.)
I think you've posted it before. It sounds familiar. I'd probably just go 90% Maris Otter, 10% wheat, aim for a dry finish, about 4% ABV, probably 35 IBUs, and a potent whirlpool hop, probably something New Zealand.
Can't figure out whether to brew for my birthday BBQ a dark mild or a Belgian pale.
If it's a dark mild it would be ~85% pale malt, then crystal, brown, chocolate and patent for an OG of 1.038, with a dash of flaked maize and then darkened with caramel from 15-20 SRM to 35 SRM. Just 20 IBU.
If it's a Belgian pale, it's more like pale malt, a helping of Amber malt (1/2lb), and a dash of dark candi sugar syrup for colour and an OG around 1.050, finished with a mix of Celeia, EKG and Cascade. Circa 30 IBU.
I brewed a mild similar to the one you mentioned above but subbed victory instead of crystal.
Cluster for bittering and EKG at flame out.
Turned out excellent.
I really like Cluster for a bittering hop. I never considered it for a British-ish style, though. Thanks.
It is parti-gyled with London Pride (and I assume other beers). So, at some point in spring, London Pride would have contained Nelson Sauvin and nobody noticed...
Doesn't the parti-gyle just apply to pre-boil runnings? I would think they could still blend runnings but then keep worts for vintage and LP separate once the hops hit the kettle. No?
That looks great
Was going to brew a Belgian pale ale (like Palm) but I had the wrong Belgian yeast at hand. Ended up with a best bitter instead. 1.042, 94% Belgian pale malt, 6% Amber malt, and a dash of dark candi sugar syrup (!). Hops are fairly international too: Target to bitter, and then a blend of mainly Celeia with EKG and Cascade. Now that is going that way I'll dry hop it with 1/4 of each EKG and Cascade...
Mangrove Jacks M42 - New World Strong Ale. Sounds very modern, but at the same time a bit like a twist on Nottingham. Floculates and attenuates (75-80%) well, has a neutral character. Not tried it before, but it got going fairly fast.
This weekend I'm brewing up a 5.5 gallon batch of Bath Ales SPA and am wondering what yeast I should use.
Here's the recipe -
Golden Promise - 84.4%
Amber (crisp) -9.5%
Wheat Malt (Weyerman) - 5.7%
First Gold - 1 oz @ 90, .73 oz @ 15
I have multiple slurries on hand
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1275
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Which would work best to replicate what Bath uses?
This weekend I'm brewing up a 5.5 gallon batch of Bath Ales SPA and am wondering what yeast I should use.
Here's the recipe -
Golden Promise - 84.4%
Amber (crisp) -9.5%
Wheat Malt (Weyerman) - 5.7%
First Gold - 1 oz @ 90, .73 oz @ 15
I have multiple slurries on hand
1968
1469
1099
1275
04
05
Which would work best to replicate what Bath uses?
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