All Goldings pale ale? Any thoughts?

[mbt22]

I've got enough in stock to cope with drinking, so I think it's time for a 'learning' beer. Anyone got any thoughts on this pale ale?

1.044 og, 32.2 IBU

95% optic malt, 5% wheat malt

48g East Kent Goldings at 60 min (21.5 IBU)
48g East Kent Goldings at 15 min (10.7 IBU)
48g East Kent Goldings at 0 min

I was thinking about making this, perhaps repeating the recipe with 5% crystal, but a really basic grain bill that I can use to make lots of single hop bitters.

Matt

 

[Mark1964]

try this

3500g pale malt
250g crystal
500g demerara sugar
2 oz black treacle
100g goldings
30g northern brewers
add hops at beginning of boil melt sugar and treacle in a little water add to boil

 

[craigite]

I've got enough in stock to cope with drinking, so I think it's time for a 'learning' beer. Anyone got any thoughts on this pale ale?
Matt

Matt
that's the kind of thing I like to do.
We all have different taste so you never know.

What you have there is not far away from where I started with my EverySecond brew. I started with golding as it gave me a benchmark. Slowly, brew after brew it evolved to Fuggle and Styrial Golding. As for the malt, that too is how EverySecond started, although now it has 10% crystal and no wheat.

Brew it :thumb: I know I'd like it.

 

[unclepumble]

You cannot go far wrong with Goldings

for me it would be pale and crystal forget the wheat.

Fuggles bittering and goldings late is also a winner.

UP

 

[Tony]

I've just done a SMaSH beer - single malt single hop - all pale malt and all goldings (added as bittering at start of boil - none later or for aroma.)

Never done it before, I'll let you know how it turns out!
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[mbt22]

Excellent, thanks all. A little reassurance that I wont end up with something undrinkable is good! A couple of suggestions for crystal, so perhaps add that to the recipe.

I like EverySecond, can I shamelessly plagiarise the name?

Matt

 

[ano]

Honestly, one of the best beers I've ever brewed was just maris otter and goldings. Upped the gravity to disguise poor technique and it came out about 5.5% ~60 IBUs with a load of late additions giving it a full body and citrus flower hop flavour. Was brilliant. Will be brewing again for the summer, if only I could remember what I did.

 

[evanvine]

That's just about what I've been thinking of doing mbt!

4kg pale
250g xtal
200g flaked barley
100g goldings (first use of my own)

Hope all goes well for you :thumb:

 

[craigite]

Excellent, thanks all. A little reassurance that I wont end up with something undrinkable is good! A couple of suggestions for crystal, so perhaps add that to the recipe.

I like EverySecond, can I shamelessly plagiarise the name?

Matt

Honoured :thumb:
Obvoiusly it is so named cos it's almost every second brew, especially in summer (well anytime except mid winter)

 

[Alan Robinson]

You cannot go far wrong with Goldings

for me it would be pale and crystal forget the wheat.

Fuggles bittering and goldings late is also a winner.

UP

Same here. I go 3.5 kg pale, 1.25 kg crystal, 50 g Goldings for 1 1/2 hours and 50 g Goldings for 15 minutes.

 

[Aleman]

I go 3.5 kg pale, 1.25 kg crystal, 50 g Goldings for 1 1/2 hours and 50 g Goldings for 15 minutes.

Is that a typo? Did you really mean 1.25Kg of Crystal or 125g? I would have thought that using 25% crystal malt would not produce a Pale ale and the resultant beer would be a it thick and chewy.

But you can't go wrong with Pale malt and goldings . . . It worked for the East India Company for several decades

 

[evanvine]

Is that a typo? Did you really mean 1.25Kg of Crystal or 125g? I would have thought that using 25% crystal malt would not produce a Pale ale and the resultant beer would be a it thick and chewy.

I'll be very interested in Shane's reply.

 

[Wez]

Is that a typo? Did you really mean 1.25Kg of Crystal or 125g? I would have thought that using 25% crystal malt would not produce a Pale ale and the resultant beer would be a it thick and chewy.

I'll be very interested in Shane's reply.

Alan might be more help though :thumb:

 

[unclepumble]

Is that a typo? Did you really mean 1.25Kg of Crystal or 125g? I would have thought that using 25% crystal malt would not produce a Pale ale and the resultant beer would be a it thick and chewy.

I'll be very interested in Shane's reply.

I wouldn't use that much crystal in a pale myself, munich maybe but not crystal.

Who are you trying to wind up now Jim?

UP