Great British Beer Festival

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Given that the prize is to brew the recipe commercially with Brewhouse & Kitchen, I'm sure they're delighted to have ended up with a 16.1% beer that needs 5 years to come round....

Yeah, I thought the same.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Well done @Hazelwood Brewery !

... I was wondering about finding a decent recipe for a best/premium bitter to brew next month

Thanks Gonzo!

I’ll put it up for anyone that’s interested although it’s pretty much my Best Bitter recipe.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

bloody well done you. Fantastic.

Cheers BB!

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Here you go @Agentgonzo @samale the recipe for the premium bitter. If you can’t see the picture below very well the link below it will take you to a better image.

https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/media/full-english.957/full

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

Here you go @Agentgonzo @samale the recipe for the premium bitter. If you can’t see the picture below very well the link below it will take you to a better image.

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https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/media/full-english.957/full

Thanks for posting this. What is the timing for the 30g EKG?

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Thanks for posting this. What is the timing for the 30g EKG?

Hadn’t noticed that! Thanks. It was 10 minutes, EKG went in with the Fuggles.

 

[Agentgonzo]

Thanks for the recipe. I'll give it a whirl later in the year. Good to see that you can win gold with dried yeast!

 

[SMP Brewery]

And a 30 minute boil

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Thanks for the recipe. I'll give it a whirl later in the year. Good to see that you can win gold with dried yeast!

Dried yeast is every bit as good as liquid, you just have less choice.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

And a 30 minute boil

Ha, you beat me to it.

 

[Dilettante Brewing]

Well done, can you post the recipe

Hopefully attached, if it's worked!

 

[SMP Brewery]

How on earth did you come up with that Hop Schedule?

 

[Dilettante Brewing]

How on earth did you come up with that Hop Schedule?

Good question! Combination of what we had to use for the Elusive competition plus some interesting promo freebies we picked up at home brew comps. I have to say it does work though. The thing I might change if we did it again is to take out the Dark Crystal Rye malt. It is a tad dark in my view. But tastes great!

 

[Deadhead]

Well done folks!!

I too was laughing when I read about the 5 years conditioning time and going to be made in a commercial brewery

 

[Braumeister]

Here you go @Agentgonzo @samale the recipe for the premium bitter. If you can’t see the picture below very well the link below it will take you to a better image.

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https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/media/full-english.957/full

Fantastic well done! Any finings needed to get it so nice and clear or is that just time and patience?

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Fantastic well done! Any finings needed to get it so nice and clear or is that just time and patience?

Thank you! No additional fining (just the 1/2 protofloc at the end of the boil) and not much time either. This brew comes out of the fermenter pretty much clear.

 

[dave_77]

Not got any feedback as yet but I’ve just been told I was awarded gold in the Premium Bitters category. #Chuffed!

Looked a serious panel of judges too.

Well done mate

 

[mcscruff]

Congratulations.


On a side note.. is this camra promoting breaking the law..lol , shouldn't homebrew be consumed on the premises it was made?
Camra the rule breakers lol

 

[Agentgonzo]

I think the licensing laws are about selling alcohol. As the shipped homebrew isn't sold, it's OK.

I was wrong

 

[RussianStout]

McScruff is right, technically you can’t even give homebrew away. But as far as I am aware nobody has ever been prosecuted for it.