Butty Bach

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Butty Bach

Post by bevan100 » Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:22 pm

Has anyone got a recipe for butty bach by wye valley brewery , if not does anyone know which yeast they use

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Re: Butty Bach

Post by Ben711200 » Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:38 pm

I don't have a recipe, but from their website-

"We brew it using Maris Otter and Crystal malts, flaked barley, malted wheat, and locally grown Fuggles, Goldings and Bramling Cross hops. With such fine ingredients, no wonder it remains a firm favourite among our followers. 4.5% ABV."

I seem to recall that the label states it's bottle conditioned with their own yeast, so there's a fair chance it's the primary strain.

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Re: Butty Bach

Post by Normski » Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:27 am

Hi bevan

I believe thy have there own yeast strain or blend, It can be cultivated from there bottles, including Butty bach.

Here is a recipie I got a few years ago.
Norm
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Butty Bach 27L

Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio
Pale Malt 5 EBC 11 lbs. 7.4 oz 5200 grams 91.1%
Flaked Barley 0 EBC 0 lbs. 7.0 oz 200 grams 3.5%
Wheat Malt 3.5 EBC 0 lbs. 7.0 oz 200 grams 3.5%
Crystal Malt, Pale 60 EBC 0 lbs. 3.9 oz 110 grams 1.9%

Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
Golding Whole 4.1 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 1.9 oz 55 grams 37.9%
Fuggle Whole 4.1 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 1.9 oz 55 grams 37.9%
Bramling Cross Whole 6.3 % 0 mins 0 lbs. 1.2 oz 35 grams 24.1%

Final Volume: 27 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.047
Final Gravity: 1.011
Alcohol Content: 4.7% ABV
Total Liquor: 38.4 Litres
Mash Liquor: 14.3 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 42 EBU
Colour: 9 EBC
The Doghouse Brewery (UK)

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Re: Butty Bach

Post by bevan100 » Wed Jan 22, 2014 5:40 pm

Hi Norm
Thanks for the recipe, i have got 4 bottles of butty bach so i will try and cultivate the yeast
thanks a lot

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Re: Butty Bach

Post by setmash » Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:40 pm

Hi Bevan100 can you let us all know how you get on cultivating and if your hapyy with the brew as Id like to have a crack at this in the not too distant future..

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Re: Butty Bach

Post by bevan100 » Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:45 pm

Hi its in the fermenting fridge now i will let you know how i get on,the yeast has blown through the airlock twice already.

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Re: Butty Bach

Post by setmash » Wed Feb 05, 2014 12:06 am

Always a good sign 8)

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Re: Butty Bach

Post by bevan100 » Sat Feb 15, 2014 8:32 pm

The beer is in the corny now copied Norms recipe but reduced ebu to 38 which has given it a slightly sweet
taste at the moment (finished at 1.011).I would def do this recipe again
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Re: Butty Bach

Post by bevan100 » Sun Oct 29, 2017 9:50 pm

Just an update made this beer again but popped into the brewery and got some yeast
im struggling to leave it alone .

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Re: Butty Bach

Post by sandimas » Mon Nov 06, 2017 1:22 pm

Glad I found this thread - Butty Bach is one of my favourite beers and Wye Valley my local-ish brewery :D

I've cultivated their yeast before, managed it from a single bottle, gradually stepping it up. I've also had a shot at Butty, unfortunately the recipe (my own approximation) is on my other PC which is currently down, I'll see how it compares when I get it back up and running.

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