Hicks cornish ale

[hokken]

My all time favorite is Hicks cornish ale from St. Austell. I live in Norway and theres no one here who import the beer. So i have to make it myself. Have tried a couple of brews but i cant get the perfect recipe. My latest try is this: For 25 liter:
5 kg maris otter
0,5 kg caramel/crystal 90
0,1 kg Black mutons

50 g Fuggles 60 min
29 g East Kent Goldings 15 min

I used US-05 yeast, but next time it would be som english ale yeast.
Do you have any ideas how this can be better?

 

[Sandimas]

It's not one I've tried to brew, but looking at their website you have the wrong bittering hop: they use Progress not Fuggles.
https://www.staustellbrewery.co.uk/hicks
There's a clone recipe here
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/275749/hsd-v-2
Most of my brewing is British ales and I can say from experience that they are really hard to get right. I notice this clone has quite a high IBU for an ale (46) but I think that maybe the secret: for a long time I have been brewing my ales to 30-35 IBU but have recently pushed them above 40 and they seem closer to the originals.

Good luck - I may have a go at this myself, I work in Cornwall occasionally and the hotel I stay in has this in the bar.

 

[chuffer]

Cracking beer, surprised about the assumed IBU....this beer has always seemed quite malty/sweet to me