Old Ale

[tubby_shaw]

Today's offering is an Old Ale
23L OG 1.073 abv 7.7% 61 IBU 75% efficiency

5.7Kg Pale malt
250g Rye malt
250g Amber malt
250g Carapils
Mash at 66C for 90 mins
1kg Demerara sugar added half way through the 90 min boil

50g Magnum whole hops 11% aa 90 minute boil
50g Bobek whole hops 5.2% aa last 15 min of boil
100g Styrian Goldings hot soak @ 80C

Mash liquor is heating
Wish me luck :pray:

 

[A T]

That looks tasty Tubby, have a good one :thumb:

 

[corby_brewer]

hope all goes well Mr Shaw :thumb:

 

[Muddydisco]

Thats a big beer for you! Sounds good!!
Hope all goes well :thumb:

 

[jamesb]

Go for it TS! :

 

[tubby_shaw]

Thats a big beer for you! Sounds good!!
Hope all goes well :thumb:

It is a big beer for me :grin:
But it's got to age for a year
To be honest the plan was for it to be even bigger :shock:

But I bottled out

 

[ano]

Looks tasty. Best of luck.

 

[tubby_shaw]

A few pictures

The grain bill

Doughing in

Just a few hops

The first wort Magnums waiting for the first wort :lol:

It was a slow sparge and now one of the elements in the boiler has stopped working :evil: but it's boiling on one element now

 

[fivetide]

All the best with it -your place will smell terrific when those Styrians go in! (a good moment for a drink, I would think...)

That IS big for an old ale!

I always think of October 1st as Old Ale day as it is when Adnams ship theirs out to tied pubs, followed by the rest of the country. I'm pretty sure Adnams Old is about 4.1%, however.

Likewise, December 1st is Tally Ho! day (and December 2nd is an ibuprofen day...)

 

[Aleman]

December 1st is Tally Ho! day

I have the Durden Park Recipe for Tally Ho! (1887) down as one of mine to brew . . . . Its a bit stronger than the Adnams one though

 

[tubby_shaw]

More pics,

In goes the Tate & Lyle

In go the Bobek flavour hops with the cooling coil

A lot of aroma hops

Think I better stir them in :lol:

That's better

 

[fivetide]

Tally Ho! wipes me out I'm afraid, but I do like Old Ale.

Tubby's Old Ale is actually stronger than the Tally Ho!, but should have a more rounded, mellow flavour than the barley wine once he's finished conditioning it, I would imagine.

 

[tubby_shaw]

Into the shiny she goes

The 500ml of yeast cake that I saved from the brew I kegged earlier in the day

Mixing the yeast into the wort

Unfortunately due to time constraints and only one working element in the boiler I couldn't reduce the length down to 23L
So instead of 23L @ 1.079 I got 29L @ 1.064 :|

Not as strong as expected
But more beer than expected :)

 

[Wez]

Nicely done, great set of piccies :thumb:

 

[A T]

Great pictures ts

 

[tubby_shaw]

Last piccies for now

Aerated ready to go

A lot of used hops

Not surprisingly, given the amount of yeast pitched, 3 hours later she's fermenting

Oh and I forgot the copper finings too

 

[Vossy1]

Great brew day post and pics t_s, for a fine looking beer

 

[Oblivious]

Great brew day and recipe :thumb:

 

[Franklin]

Ooo, a bit of rye :) Sounds interesting.

 

[ni9e]

Liked the pics of the aroma hops :thumb: