Left over ingredients

[Horners]

People

Since taking up this great hobby in the New Year it is pretty much the first time I have nothing in the FV and frankly it's making me twitchy. Due to cock ups on both my own part and that of HBS I have a surfeit of extra light DME, a load of fairly lightly coloured crystal, some wheat extract and a whole bunch of EKG and fuggles (or aptly as my auto spell correct has just come up with KEG and giggles).

Any suggestions as to what to do with this lot as a last extract brew before taking the AG plunge?

Cheers

 

[IainM]

Sounds like you have the makings of a British Golden Ale, or a light Belgian one, such as a Patersbier or Triple.

 

[Horners]

Sounds like you have the makings of a British Golden Ale, or a light Belgian one, such as a Patersbier or Triple.

Thanks Ian I had originally bought the stuff to do the GW Boddies clone but cocked up due to not understanding difference between Lovibond and ECB for the Crystal, ordering extra light instead of light DME and then the order was delivered twice. Combine that with me probably under hopping and getting my numbers wrong which I made up for with sugar in exasperation the 'Boddingtons' I bottled yesterday was a bit insipid....

 

[GerritT]

Thanks Ian I had originally bought the stuff to do the GW Boddies clone but cocked up due to not understanding difference between Lovibond and ECB for the Crystal, ordering extra light instead of light DME and then the order was delivered twice. Combine that with me probably under hopping and getting my numbers wrong which I made up for with sugar in exasperation the 'Boddingtons' I bottled yesterday was a bit insipid....

That's called LEARNING. Do you use an app, or a recipe book?

 

[Horners]

That's called LEARNING. Do you use an app, or a recipe book?

Recipe book supplemented by punching nos into app to get a feel for it.

 

[Oneiroi]

What have you got in the way of yeast?



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[Horners]

What have you got in the way of yeast?



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[Horners]

Just safe ale 4 and some wilkows ale yeast but happy to buy some more

 

[marshbrewer]

I'd do a golden ale then, light DME, fuggles bittering and EKG late addition, steep aasmall amount of crystal for colour, Wilko's ale yeast (notty) at 19 degrees.

 

[Clint]

That sounds summit like it! A lovely golden ale...be just right if we get a bit of sunshine!