Thoughts on my Golden Ale recipe

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Thoughts on my Golden Ale recipe

Post by BrewMason » Sun Feb 11, 2018 7:15 pm

Hi all,

I'm hell bent on nailing a good golden ale ready for the summer, I have put this together, my thinking was to keep it simple, have a punchy citrus and floral aroma but be sessionable and light. Does anybody have any thoughts, comments or tweaks before I brew? I BIAB and I'm only doing a 10l batch as it's a tester

4.1%
40 IBUs
OG 1.041 FG 1.010
SRM 3

1.2kg Maris Otter
700g Pilsner Malt

5g Centennial FWH
5g Centennial @ 20 mins
Irish moss
15g Centennial @ flameout steeped below 79oC

Safale US05 dry yeast @ 16oC for first 3 days

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Re: Thoughts on my Golden Ale recipe

Post by Rookie » Sun Feb 11, 2018 7:44 pm

I'd go with all M O.
I'm just here for the beer.

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Re: Thoughts on my Golden Ale recipe

Post by guypettigrew » Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:03 pm

When are you thinking of brewing this? It'll be ready to drink in three weeks or less. Certainly well before Summer!

Or is this just a test run before a full length brew later on?

You might also want to think about dry hopping.

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Re: Thoughts on my Golden Ale recipe

Post by BrewMason » Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:11 pm

[quote=guypettigrew post_id=829403 time=1518375796 user_id=5521]
When are you thinking of brewing this? It'll be ready to drink in three weeks or less. Certainly well before Summer!

Or is this just a test run before a full length brew later on?

You might also want to think about dry hopping.

Guy
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Its just a test run, i have a friend's party in june which I want to take it to and by then i want the recipe nailed

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Re: Thoughts on my Golden Ale recipe

Post by Dmondaye » Mon Feb 12, 2018 11:07 am

Just brewed something very similar but used WLP002 rather than neutral yeast - worked beautifully with the Centennial.

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Re: Thoughts on my Golden Ale recipe

Post by alexlark » Mon Feb 12, 2018 5:54 pm

I did an all EKG ale a few months back using St. Austel Proper Job yeast, MO and Pilsner malt. Best beer I've brewed. Now I'm all out of EKG I'm planning on repeating the beer but with Centennial.

I've picked up a bottle of Marston's EPA which uses Cascade and Syrians, haven't tried it yet though. So may try that combo too.

Edit: here is the EKG Pale; https://homebrewanswers.com/summer-lighting-ekg-recipe/

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Re: Thoughts on my Golden Ale recipe

Post by wolfenrook » Mon Feb 12, 2018 7:35 pm

Going by the profile for Centennial, I reckon it'll be rather delicious! Love golden ales myself.

Is the pilsner malt to make the colour paler, or for flavour? Or just using up open bags?

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Re: Thoughts on my Golden Ale recipe

Post by BrewMason » Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:01 pm

[quote=wolfenrook post_id=829444 time=1518460509 user_id=17534]
Going by the profile for Centennial, I reckon it'll be rather delicious! Love golden ales myself.

Is the pilsner malt to make the colour paler, or for flavour? Or just using up open bags?
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I was hoping it would lend a lighter flavour, a little less biscuity than a full MO grain bill

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Re: Thoughts on my Golden Ale recipe

Post by BrewMason » Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:00 pm

Thanks for the input guys, I've decided to split the batch and ferment one with WLP002 and the other with US05, once I pick my favourite yeast I plan to brew it again, split the batch and dry hop half to see if it turns out better

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Post by alexlark » Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:25 pm

Sounds tasty! Keep us updated on progress.

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Re: Thoughts on my Golden Ale recipe

Post by wolfenrook » Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:31 pm

I like Mangrove Jack's M36 Liberty Bell in goldens, gives them a lovely malty flavour. Just to give you more options. lol

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Re: Thoughts on my Golden Ale recipe

Post by TheSumOfAllBeers » Tue Feb 13, 2018 1:23 am

wolfenrook wrote:I like Mangrove Jack's M36 Liberty Bell in goldens, gives them a lovely malty flavour. Just to give you more options. lol
A brewer at our club has put that yeast through its paces on a number of styles: Mild, Brown Ale etc. Nice to see another good dried option for English beer styles.

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Re: Thoughts on my Golden Ale recipe

Post by Dmondaye » Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:47 pm

BrewMason wrote:
Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:00 pm
Thanks for the input guys, I've decided to split the batch and ferment one with WLP002 and the other with US05, once I pick my favourite yeast I plan to brew it again, split the batch and dry hop half to see if it turns out better
I'll be very interested to see how the mouthfeel differs between the wlp002 and us05 batches. I'm sure I'm not the only one that's tired of that hint-of-chalk taste that so often pervades the less flocculant us05 brews, no matter how much you try and crash it out!

Good luck and keep us posted!

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