Aldi Yorkshire Bitter

[Michael Burnley]

Hello my brewing buddies

I picked this up in Aldi today, £1.49

Brewed at Black Sheep Brewery, not opened mine yet, but it should be good with that pedigree

Anybody tried it yet ?

 

[Clarence]

It looks like it should be something Lizzie the Cheesemonger should be proud of.

 

[White Rose Al]

Good tip, will grab one to try

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Thanks for the heads up we are going to ALDI later i will see if they have one.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Anybody tried it yet ?

It looks like they have made it for other stores -

Skip to 3:08 for the tasting -

 

[Slid]

There is a recipe in GW's book for Black Sheep Ale and I doubt it is likely to much different to the Supermarket versions. Pale, Crystal and Torrified Wheat to something like 1050 OG and then the "older" English hops for bittering to 36 IBUs and a smaller charge of Goldings at 10mins.

 

[RichardM]

There is a recipe in GW's book for Black Sheep Ale and I doubt it is likely to much different to the Supermarket versions. Pale, Crystal and Torrified Wheat to something like 1050 OG and then the "older" English hops for bittering to 36 IBUs and a smaller charge of Goldings at 10mins.

I've brewed it a couple of times and can highly recommend it

 

[Michael Burnley]

I've drunk mine now, and it's just like black sheep ale

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Thanks, I couldn't find it in our ALDI.

 

[user 40634]

I've brewed it a couple of times and can highly recommend it

Hi, Good to hear the Black Sheep went well, did you use a specific water profile? thanks

 

[Clint]

Also...what yeast? I've brewed a few "Yorkshire " Bitters and usually use Notty or MJ Liberty. They're "nearly" right but I think it's the yeast choice is where they're lacking and maybe water profile.

 

[RichardM]

Hi, Good to hear the Black Sheep went well, did you use a specific water profile? thanks

From what I remember that was before I started dabbling with water treatment, so it would have been Cardiff tap water.

 

[White Rose Al]

Also...what yeast? I've brewed a few "Yorkshire " Bitters and usually use Notty or MJ Liberty. They're "nearly" right but I think it's the yeast choice is where they're lacking and maybe water profile.

I would go with Wyeast 1469 West Yorkshire Ale, I know Masham is in North Yorkshire but that won't be far off the mark.

 

[user 40634]

My wife is a bit of geologist and

From what I remember that was before I started dabbling with water treatment, so it would have been Cardiff tap water.

reckons Masham is soft water, unlike a lot of the Dales, and Cardiff is likely to be the similar, there you go!