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Recipe Idea?
Hi All...
I have another quick question for everyone.
I've got the following ingredients left over from the Summer Ale pack available from this website.
1kg light dried malt extract
24grm East Kent Goldings hops
10grm Progress hops
170g Crushed Crystal Malt
S04 Yeast
Tempted to add about 4gms of Coriander in for flavour.
Now i've got a 10 ltr fermenting bin and barrel and my stock pan can hold roughly 9 ltrs at the start of the boil.
My question is to you all.. with the above information could i make a reasonable ale from the ingredients i have left?
I might pop up to my home brew shop and get some Irish Moss to add in. I am not sure what i did but the ale i made before didn't clear and that is 3 weeks after putting this into the secondary fermentation barrel.
Thanks in advance.
Neil
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Posted 6 months ago by Member
Sometimes I have a beer that won't clear ... no idea why, just happens.
Like my head.
I've never used DME so probably not best placed to answer this .. but I would think you probably have just enough for a light beer if you're just going for a couple of gallons.
Great idea with the coriander.. always meaning to try it. I'd suggest bunging all the hops in at the start of the boil and using the coriander as a replacement aroma hop... be interesting if nothing else!
Do you have beersmith? May be a good idea to run it through to see what comes out.
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 6 months ago by Member
Hey BM
just ran this (partially) through beersmith and this is what it's arrived at...
Batch Size: 10.00 L
Estimated OG: 1.040 SG
Estimated Color: 13.8 EBC
Estimated IBU: 45.8 IBU
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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1.00 kg Light Dry Extract (15.8 EBC)
0.17 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (39.4 EBC)
10.00 gm Progress [6.25 %] (60 min)
24.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (60 min)
ABV: 3.85
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 6 months ago by Member
Oh wow!
Thanks for this Tony...
I'd do this do this today if it wasn't for the fact i am going out this afternoon - bugger!
So if i am correct then i should do the following:-
1. Bring water up to around 60 - 65c
2. Take of the boil and the Crystal Malt and steep for around 20 minutes ensuring temperature does not go below 65c.
3. Strain then sparge the grains.
4. Add the DME bring to a vigorous boil.
5. Add the hops at the start of the boil.
6. Last 10 minutes of the boil add the 4gms of coriander.
7. Last 5 minutes add 1/2 tsp of Irish Moss.
8. Strain hops into fermenter and cool to around 22c
9. Once done pitch the yeast.
10. Leave for 2 weeks.
11. Disolve 15gms of sugar.
12. Syphon ale into barrel and leave for another 10 days.
13. Most importand drink...!
Hopefully, this sounds fine? I am open to suggestions and improvements.
Thanks
Neil
Posted 6 months ago by Member
:o) Go for it!
I've only ever done one partial mash so hopefully someone else can tell you if all else is right. Couple of things though:
You could drop the IBUs (if you want) by adding the progress in at around 20 mins before the end.
I always give the Irish moss 15 mins in the boil
Beersmith is suggesting 57g of sugar for bottling.
Christ, this is making me thirsty. Just as well I've cracked open a Marstons DoubleDrop!
:o)
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 6 months ago by Member
Oh lordy..
Making myself thirsty as well.. Hmmmm what do i drink? Woodfordes, Sundew? Nog, Nelsons Revenge or Headcracker.. Or there is also a fine bottle of Fullers 2008 Vintage just asking to be opened..
Thanks though Tony really appreciated.
Posted 6 months ago by Member
No prob!
Went to the supermarket (see post on punk) and asked my kiddie to choose my beer. She headed straight for the lagers and needed a lecture. She's pretty clear now that lagers are for wimps.
She then selected Hobgoblin as the lable drew her in :o) I'm pretty fond of Hobgoblin so pleased with her choice. Now I don't need the bottles I don't mind having to recycle this one!
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 5 months ago by Member
Another quick question...
With the receipe above. I was thinking of adding dried cloves to the receipe instead of corriander. Any ideas how much i should add? Bearing in mind cloves are very strong i'd have said around 1 or 2 cloves would do it?
Neil
Posted 5 months ago by Member
I've used cloves in a christmas beer, but am at work at the moment and can't remember how many. I think it was around 8 in a 23ltr batch.
If it was me i'd stick with the coriander as cloves have a really dominating taste and aroma, but we live and learn and experimenting is what its all about! have fun!
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 5 months ago by Key Master
Similar to Tony.
My advice would be don't try and run before you can walk and reinvent the wheel. When experimenting with recipe creation I would stick within style guidelines to start with and play around within those boundaries, otherwise you will more than likely create something pretty rank.
Cloves are usually found with Cinnamon, citrus etc in heavy, dark ales with can take those flavours. Any light beers beers will not be able to take the power and the clove will become over bearing.
If you are going to experiment with cloves then add a very small amount so it will give a subtle flavour which, if works, can be enhanced next time.
Don't be put off experimenting but tread with caution and stick to style to start with. Its tempting to try and create a wild brew and its half the fun of home brewing but it can go wrong before it goes right. You can also try doing a shorter, test brew so if it doesn't work out you don't end up wasting so much ingredients.
Hope this helps.
Fermenting: FFF Moondance
Conditioning: I can't remember (Porter)
Drinking:Turbo Cider, Ringwood 49Er Clone, Summer Lightning, Elderflower Champagne
Posted 5 months ago by Member
:o)
Now why couldn't I say it like that?
That's what you call expert advice. I usually get to where I need to be but can take me a while .. :o)
Greg on the other hand has an ability to cut straight to the business end!
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 5 months ago by Member
Tony, Greg that's brilliant advice as all ways...
I had a feeling it would be over powering but just needed to ask the question.
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