What to do.

[Orfy]

Considering I've only been brewing a few months!
Do I need to.

A) Brew More
B) Drink Less
C) Buy more shop bought
D) Contact AAA
E) ???

Last siggy.

Up next, All Grain HobGoblin Clone
#11 Chardonay
#10 Primary - Cabernet Sauvignon
#9 Secondary : John Bull MasterClass Porter
#8 Secondary : West Coast Pale Ale
#7 Secondary : Norlfolk Nog
#6 Bottled : Christmas Ale
#5 Bottled : John Bull Bitter
#3 Kegged : Taylors Tipple
drinking : Taylors Tipple,, West Coast Pale Ale, Orchard Hard Cider

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Up next, All Grain HobGoblin Clone
#11 Chardonay
#10 Primary - Cabernet Sauvignon
#9 Secondary : John Bull MasterClass Porter
#8 Secondary : West Coast Pale Ale
#7 Bottled : Norlfolk Nog
drinking : West Coast Pale Ale, Christmas Ale

 

[Darth Konvel]

A) Sounds good.
B) Huh?
C) Depends on A
D) Your car brake down?
E) A jar of almonds

 

[Orfy]

That actually makes sense after a bottle of wine and 2 hHBs

D) Should be AA, AAA is amateur athletics association.

 

[kornkob]

d) or the American Automobile Association

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

What's that AG Hobgoblin recipe look like? I tried some for the first time last week and found it a bit sweet for me, but I keep drinking them.

 

[Orfy]

It is a bit sweeter than a bitter but not over sweet. I guess the 1016 fg gives the sweetness.

Hobgoblin Ale Clone

Ingredients
(5 gallons)
OG =1.059 FG =1.016 SRM = 17.5 IBU = 28

6 oz. British crystal malt (55° Lovibond)
1 oz. British chocolate malt
0.5 oz. British black malt
6.5 lbs. Munton's extra light dry malt extract (DME)
4 oz. malto dextrin
7 AAUs Progress bittering hops (1 oz. of 7% alpha acid)
3.4 AAUs Styrian Goldings flavour hops (0.66 oz. of 5% alpha acid)
2.5 AAUs Styrian Goldings aroma hops (0.5 oz. of 5% alpha acid)
1 tsp. Irish moss
London Ale yeast (Wyeast 1028) or English Ale yeast (White Labs WLP002)
0.75 cup corn sugar for priming


Method
Heat 1 gallon of water to 155° F. Add grain and steep at 150° F for 30 minutes. Strain the grain water into the brew pot. Sparge the grains with 0.5 gallons of 150° F water. Add the malt extracts, malto dextrin and bittering hops. Add water until the total volume is 2.5 gallons. Boil for 45 minutes then add 0.66 oz. of Styrian Goldings flavour hops and Irish moss. Boil for 13 minutes and add 0.5 oz. of Styrian Goldings hops. Boil for 2 minutes. Remove the pot from the stove and cool for 15 minutes. Strain the cooled wort into the primary fermenter and add cold water to obtain 5 gallons. When the wort is below 80° F, pitch the yeast and aerate well. Ferment in the primary at 68° to 72° F for 5 to 7 days.

Rack to the secondary and let ferment at 70° F for 2.5 to 3 weeks until target gravity is reached. Bottle and let prime at 70° to 72° F for 2 weeks. Store at cellar temperature. Serve in a pint glass at 50° F.

Partial-Mash Option

Mash 2 lbs. Maris Otter two-row pale malt with specialty grains at 150° F for 90 minutes. Then follow the extract recipe, omitting 1.5 lb. Munton's extra light dry malt extract at the beginning of the boil.

All-Grain Option

Mash 10.75 lbs. Maris Otter two-row pale malt with the specialty grains at 150° F for 90 minutes. Add 5.3 AAU Progress bittering hop (24% less than the extract recipe) for 90 minutes. Add the Irish moss, flavour and aroma hops as indicated in the extract recipe.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

It is a bit sweeter than a bitter but not over sweet. I guess the 1016 fg gives the sweetness.

Could be, or could be related to the long trip over here, I don't know. Definitely looks like a recipe I would like.

 

[El Pistolero]

I'm fixin to bottle my goblin this weekend...I'll let you guys know if it turns out anything like the real thing.

Hey Orfy, why the London Ale yeast instead of the Ringwood?

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

for sure, brew more! and don't join AA. it's for quitters!

 

[Orfy]

I'm fixin to bottle my goblin this weekend...I'll let you guys know if it turns out anything like the real thing.

Hey Orfy, why the London Ale yeast instead of the Ringwood?

Dunno' mate. It'a a coppied recipey untouched by the hands of orfy.
It's going to be my first AG I think. Only proplem is I'm away next week and it's -5c here at present.