NO NO NO.. see my post
Sorry, sounding big 'edded here
This one really works..trust me
http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?p=578418#post578418
Witbiers are on so I may look at doing some kind of ESB similar to a bishops finger style and I might harvest the sheperds neame yeast for it. Just need to hope I can find a shop which sells it my Tesco sells loads but I haven't bought beer for yonks
There is an Old Ale recipe in GH's book and I will give this the nod on Saturday.
8.7% is beyond my idea of nice beer, so I used Brewmate to get a slightly lower ABV brew at 25L (maybe 6% or so):
Pale 4.5kg
Munich 1kg
Crystal 300g
Choc 150g
Cane sugar 500g
Cheap Bittering hop and whatever English hops to use up fag ends in the freezer, then Goldings for the rest. Recipe suggests 37 IBU from Bittering and 13 IBU from 10 min addition of ~ 75g.
The SN will work lovely in an ESB I think. The ESB from GH's book is on my list to do after I cocked it up the last time I had a go
I have a "Simply Yorkshire Bitter kit" lined up for my keg to try. I want to hop it as you would an AG wort to see what happens. It comes in a wobbly bag with the yeast stuck on the base so is a bit different to the cans. Not bad for �ã8.50 on offer from the HBS.
Yeah I had a look at that and was going to either do that or base it on that..
I do a lot of that, even if I do not copy the recipie I will look at his (and a few others around the net) to get some idea of a composition/ basis.. his looks pretty simple and with that yeast it sounds hopefully a winner..
(just need to get a bottle now and culture it up)
I've learned loads about recipe construction from tweaking the the reciepe's in GH's book.
hehe. I thought you'd already cultured up the strain. I'm drinking a brown ale I made with it now. It's fantastic. Dried yeast are good if you just want a clean strain but if you want something more I'm finding liquid strains cant be beat
Was it Butty bach you said does wye valley?? I am sure I can get my hands on that.. would be good on some Pale golden ales..
I am going to get strange looks looking for which bottles have the best sediment in
Pretty easy to do, just take 3L of the wort before you pitch the yeast. Bring to the boil and add your chosen hops at 15min/5min/0min, cool then add back to the main body of the wort (having strained out the hops).
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