August competition: British Pale Ales, Bitters & Milds

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Well done everyone! Cheers H, sounded like an awful job judging.

Hated every minute

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Everyone should now have their feedback. Obviously get back to me if you see any issue (other than typos!).

 

[Pennine]

Wow !
Absolutely flabbergasted ! Thanks so much for your kind words I’m a little embarrassed to post the recipe as it was cobbled together out of left over grains.
Well done to everyone else it looks like there was so many great beers this month. A big thanks for judging this one !!

Yes let's see it!

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

Well done @Mash Monster on the win and thanks to @Hazelwood Brewery for the judging.

+1

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

Well chuffed that my London Road Pride scooped joint second place. Absolutely made up with that.
Just in case anyone is interested, the recipe is below.

HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: London Road Pride
Brew Method: All Grain
Style Name: Best Bitter

Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 22 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 26.79 liters
Boil Gravity: 1.038
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)

STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.044
Final Gravity: 1.013
ABV (standard): 4.11%
IBU (tinseth): 34.3
SRM (morey): 8.02
Mash pH: 5.51

FERMENTABLES:
3.8 kg - Maris Otter Pale Ale (91.1%)
370 g - Crystal Malt 150 (8.9%)

HOPS:
15 g - Challenger (8.5 AA), Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 6.7, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 11.75
10 g - Charles Faram - Olicana (8 AA), Type: Pellet, AA: 6.5, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 8.36
15 g - Sovereign (5.5 AA), Type: Pellet, AA: 5, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 9.65
15 g - Charles Faram - Olicana (8 AA), Type: Pellet, AA: 6.5, Use: Boil for 10 min, IBU: 4.55

MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Strike, Temp: 67 C, Time: 60 min, Amount: 19.858 L
2) Sparge, Temp: 76 C, Time: 15 min, Amount: 10.8 L
Starting Mash Thickness: 3.2 L/kg

OTHER INGREDIENTS:
3 g - Calcium Chloride, Type: Water Agt, Use: Mash
0.5 each - Campden Tablets, Type: Water Agt, Use: Mash
1.3 g - Gypsum, Type: Water Agt, Use: Mash
4 ml - Lactic acid, Type: Water Agt, Use: Mash
1.2 g - Calcium Chloride, Type: Water Agt, Use: Sparge
0.5 each - Campden Tablet, Type: Water Agt, Use: Sparge
0.5 g - Gypsum, Type: Water Agt, Use: Sparge
4 ml - Lactic acid, Type: Water Agt, Use: Sparge
0.5 each - Protafloc, Time: 10 min, Type: Fining, Use: Boil

YEAST:
Wilco - Gervin Ale
Starter: No
Form: Dry
Fermentation Temp: 19 degrees C

TARGET WATER PROFILE:
Profile Name: English Bitter
Ca2: 150
Mg2: 10
Na: 52
Cl: 130
SO4: 250
HCO3: 35

 

[pilgrimhudd]

And here be my Exe Valley Pale. Taken from Graham Wheelers book.

This ended up at 1048 og, IBU 24 for 19l in the FV.

4kg Pale Malt

20l of water treated the night before with 1/2 camden tab and 3 tsp gypsum.

Mashed at 65c for a couple of hours.

Sparged with 8l of water at 75c

Brought to boil, 24g Target @60, 1/2 protofloc @10 then 10g Styrian @5, quickly cooled and pitched CML Midland.

Dry hopped with 20g ekg.

Finished at 1010 4.4%

I think the styrian makes all the difference here giving it quite a limey citrus flavour. I was really pleasantly surprised with it thinking it would be really dull given the single malt and small amount of hops. It's been an eye opener in how you can make something really quite tasty with not a lot!

 

[Mash Monster]

And here be my Exe Valley Pale. Taken from Graham Wheelers book.

This ended up at 1048 og, IBU 24 for 19l in the FV.

4kg Pale Malt

20l of water treated the night before with 1/2 camden tab and 3 tsp gypsum.

Mashed at 65c for a couple of hours.

Sparged with 8l of water at 75c

Brought to boil, 24g Target @60, 1/2 protofloc @10 then 10g Styrian @5, quickly cooled and pitched CML Midland.

Dry hopped with 20g ekg.

Finished at 1010 4.4%

I think the styrian makes all the difference here giving it quite a limey citrus flavour. I was really pleasantly surprised with it thinking it would be really dull given the single malt and small amount of hops. It's been an eye opener in how you can make something really quite tasty with not a lot!

Here’s mine!

HOBSONS CHOICE (User upper)

Golden Ale (25 litre batch )

Pre-Boil Gravity : 1.038
Original Gravity. : 1.041
Final Gravity. : 1.006

Fermentables (4.47 kg)
1.67 kg - Extra Pale MO
1.58 kg - Pale Ale Golden Promise
620g. - Clear Choice Extra Pale Malt
400g. - Wheat Malt
100g. - Acidulated Malt
100g. - Carapils/Carafoam

Hops
30g Challenger @ 60 mins
26g Mosaic @ 30mins

Dry Hop
Day 4 - 35g Mosaic
Day 8 - 35g Mosaic

Yeast 1 pkt US-05

Water profile
Ca 51 Mg 5 Na 4 Cl 64 SO 71

Mash Profile
66°c - 60 mins

Mash PH 5.26

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Well done Mash Monster!

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I’m a little embarrassed to post the recipe as it was cobbled together out of left over grains.

It's been an eye opener in how you can make something really quite tasty with not a lot!

A good beer is not necessarily about the complexity of a recipe. It’s about balance and flavour, and it’s about your processes and quality control to produce a clean, well made beer.

 

[SMP Brewery]

Well done all...

 

[stripeyjoe]

Well done all and many thanks to @Hazelwood Brewery for judging and for giving excellent feedback, glad you enjoyed the beer!

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Well done all and many thanks to @Hazelwood Brewery for judging and for giving excellent feedback, glad you enjoyed the beer!

Thanks Joe, it was my pleasure.