stuff that's bothering me about my fifteenth brew so far

[Buzzing]

I brewed a "Burton's Ale" style English Pale Ale for this brew.

Not used to putting in that much sugar, but followed the recipe in any event.

Also had to dose the water to get the hardness up a bit.

All went well witht he brew, fermentation went very well, but was kept at about 18-19`C. Used Safale US05 for this brew. Not expecting much fruityness and floral notes in this one.


I realised I forgot to add the Irish Moss. It's been sitting for 21 days now and has cleared nicely on it's own.

Will be bottling with enough sugar to give a 2.2% Co2.

Can't wait.

What are the typical characteristics in such a "Burton's Ale" that should be there ?

Not having tasted a real Burton's, it would be difficult to gauge success, but then again it would mean no chance of disappointment !

:drink: :drink: :drink:

 

[phettebs]

Well, as a Yank, I'll leave it for the locals to describe the Burtons. I'm also attempting to brew some Burton ales from Wheeler's book. One of the common themes I saw in his descriptions was "sulfur notes." That pretty much has to come from the yeast was my thought. So I looked at what Wyeast and White Labs provide and it turns out White Labs has WLP023 or Burton Ale Yeast.

I've used that on three batches now and it definitely is sulfurous! The first beer I brewed with it was Pedigree and I've only had a small sample because it's just a month old. But the aroma and taste does have some sulfur notes to it.

Also, I "Burtonized" the water I used for this beer. I can buy Burton salts that are meant to be added to 5 US gallons to produce water similar to the region. Not sure how much that contributes to the style but I did it anyway.

I'll be interested to hear thoughts on the commercial Burton ales.

Baz

 

[Buzzing]

This brew came out very nice. I am happy with the colour, the aroma and the taste. The 5.5% abv does me good too.

As phettebs, I would also like some description of the commercial Burtons.

 

[rpt]

If you live in the UK then you should be able to easily find a bottle of Marston's Pedigree (most supermarkets, Home Bargains) - I would have thought that was a typical Burton Ale. Anyway it's yummy so I'd certainly be happy to brew beer like that.

 

[phettebs]

My Pedigree clone is still conditioning in the keg but it's definitely got those sulfur notes to it. I'm undecided if I actually like it yet. :-)

 

[DamageCase]

I'm not a fan of the original beer, at least the sulpher notes would make it interesting