thethirstyweasel
Well-Known Member
OK I'm ahead on this one a few brews but I wanted to get plenty of info,especially from the UK guys out there.
I am having trouble finding much information on this style. There aren't any commercial examples of this style available to me locally either.
I'm looking for something for a summertime lawnmower beer, but with English in character.
So should I be thinking really light bitter but crisper or an American Blonde Ale with English malt, hops, yeast. I have read somewhere that some of these have a citrus hop note to them as in US West coast hops?
I'm on a WY1318 London Ale III kick, I just love the stuff, so it won't finish too dry with out a bit of work.
I'm thinking of something 1040ish OG mashed a bit a lower than I normally would for say a bitter, all MO or perhaps a bit of torrified wheat to the grist, maybe a bit of cane sugar to dry it out some, hopped with English Hops to maybe 20 IBUS or so? Dry hopped maybe? Oh do these have a bit of a caramel component maybe a very light say 10-15L British crystal @ 5% or less?
Any info would be appreciated.
I am having trouble finding much information on this style. There aren't any commercial examples of this style available to me locally either.
I'm looking for something for a summertime lawnmower beer, but with English in character.
So should I be thinking really light bitter but crisper or an American Blonde Ale with English malt, hops, yeast. I have read somewhere that some of these have a citrus hop note to them as in US West coast hops?
I'm on a WY1318 London Ale III kick, I just love the stuff, so it won't finish too dry with out a bit of work.
I'm thinking of something 1040ish OG mashed a bit a lower than I normally would for say a bitter, all MO or perhaps a bit of torrified wheat to the grist, maybe a bit of cane sugar to dry it out some, hopped with English Hops to maybe 20 IBUS or so? Dry hopped maybe? Oh do these have a bit of a caramel component maybe a very light say 10-15L British crystal @ 5% or less?
Any info would be appreciated.