Recipe Advice Thread

[denimglen]

Thought it might be handy to have a thread for some of the more advanced brewers to give some advice on recipes.

Let's see how it goes eh...

[Nick Good]

I use an oven rack to drain. Just plonk it on the top of the pot and put the grain bag on it.

There is some really good stuff on Youtube . That and the folk on this forum have been a great help to me.

[David R]

Brewing an IPA this weekend, malt profile same as Yeastie Boys Digital IPA (80.4% Pale Malt, 11.5% Munich Malt Type 1, 5.8% CaraPils, 2.3% Caramalt 35), 1.064 OG, aiming for 6.8-7% ABV. I've got plenty of US Cascade, Amarillo, and Riwaka in the freezer, never used this combo before, but I'm thinking 2:2:1 sounds about right?

[Richard Rice]

Are you looking to clone Digital IPA or just using the base recipe?  The whole recipe is available if you look for it!

[David R]

Nah not trying to clone, the malt profile just seemed like a good base to build an IPA off, using the hops I already have. Going to use similar amounts as they do (5g/L @10, 8g/L @0) but with a bigger dry hop.

[David R]

Any tips/suggestions on a English IPA, all EKG or mix it up? Just put S-04 into beersmith for now, but thinking about trying the M27 Burton style yeast though.

Est Original Gravity: 1.053 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.4 %
Bitterness: 35.9 IBUs
Est Color: 9.6 SRM

4.80 kg	Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM)	Grain	1	85.7 %
0.45 kg	Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)	Grain	2	8.0 %
0.19 kg	Amber Malt (22.0 SRM)	Grain	3	3.4 %
0.16 kg	Wheat, Torrified (1.7 SRM)	Grain	4	2.9 %
30.00 g	East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min	Hop	5	15.1 IBUs
20.00 g	East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min	Hop	6	7.7 IBUs
30.00 g	East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min	Hop	7	5.5 IBUs
30.00 g	East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 60.0 min	Hop	8	7.6 IBUs
1.0 pkg	SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) [23.66 ml]	Yeast	9	-
30.00 g	East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days	Hop	10	0.0 IBUs

[Richard Rice]

Guess it depends on what's available, tho I found an article about Fuller's (I think) and they dry hop with Target.  I ended up using a couple of combo's mostly including EKG, Fuggles, Willamette (a suitable sub for Fuggles apparently) and Target.

[jt]

Willamette is an American version or derivative of Fuggles ?

[Richard Rice]

That's my understanding, but I would happily use it again, it's a nice subtle 'English' kind of hop.

[David R]

Should add that I basically copied the recipe from post #4 here; http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/anyone-brewed-ipa-ekg-140192/

[Tilt]

Challenger is good as a 10 minute or less addition in an English IPA - meadows and marmalade mmmm!
Yeast wise, anything English and liquid if you can manage it. IMO dry yeasts just don't cut the English mustard.

[Peter Smith]

The byo links are good info on english beers. http://byo.com/hops/item/600-esb-style-profile
. And http://byo.com/videos/item/2148-english-ipa-tips-from-the-pros. They are dam hard style to nail, I find time in the bottle is important the hops mellow and meld with the malt over time. I prefer goldings and brambling cross to classic fuggles , I find them to Earthy but that's a personal choice, I like more mellow, have rebrewed my barnsey clone , it's way better after a few months in bottle http://www.bathales.com/ fresh it was too hoppy.

http://www.beercellar.co.nz/search/. Type in bath. http://www.bathales.com/

. The sell most of the range mail order There are some pretty good recipes out there for all there beers, I can post you some 1968 London ESB in about a week, pm me. Would be a good time to start water additions this style needs them imho

[David R]

Cheers for the info, I'm in Auckland today so I'll check out Liquor land Newmarket to see if they any of the Bath ales, I've tried a couple of them a long time ago but nothing stands out in my memory. Galbraith's have done a few good ones recently, I loved the colab they did with Liberty, and last time I was in there they had one called Zephyr on the hand pull that I also thoroughly enjoyed. I've never really beer with UK hops, I figure I'd about time I tried!