What did I just do?

[Daver77]

OK I jotted down all my ingredients and drove down to the shop to get them so that I can brew today.

I ended up having to sub almost everything including the yeast because they were pretty limited on stuff.

the recipe I got from "How to Brew" are as followed

Victory and Chaos Malt:
4lbs Pale malt LME
4Lbs Pale Malt LME At Knockdown
Half pound of Crystal 20l

Hops
1oz Nuggets boil 60min
2oz EK Goldings 15min
1oz EK Goldings 5min

Yeast White Labs P013 London Ale

After checking Pro Mash I came up this so Instead I had to get:

3lbs of Muntons Amber DME
1lbs of Briess Light DME
4lbs of Alexander's Pale Malt LME At Knockdown
12.5oz of weyermann carahell malt

Same Hops as above

Yeast was a White Labs P022 Essex ale

My question is...Is this the same beer with a different variation or a new beer all together.

I think because of the characteristics of the years this beer would be classified as an English IPA.

I don't think I botched it though everything went pretty smooth and it clocked in at 1.067 OG

 

[davesrose]

Your final recipe looks pretty good to me. Yes, since it's not identical ingredients and identical water as the original: this is going to be a somewhat different beer. But hey, isn't that the fun of brewing anyway?? At least I think it's fun trying out different combinations to get a beer that I like!

 

[Daver77]

I added more of the carahell malt to get more color, the yeast I think is what will change everything. MY next batch will probably be to try the original recipe

 

[TipsyDragon]

yea this is a totally different beer now but still sounds good.

 

[speter]

Your new beer will be stronger, since 4lb DME =/= 4lb LME (generally, you need .8lb DME for 1lb LME). Of course, the steeping grains will create a different beer. I've never used the Essex Ale yeast, but it has similar attenuation to the London Ale yeast, so depending on fermentation temps, that might not be too bad.