Jim's Beer Kit

[quote="charliemartin"]I have had some communication from the Skye Brewery on this topic. Most recent one says they are going to put something together for me in terms of a recipe. They also said the original XXX was based on Younger's No.3! I'm off on holiday for a couple of weeks so may not be abl...

No.3 - no, just a guess at the moment, will see how far away I am in a couple of weeks!

Not exactly an answer to the question, but I've also had a recent hankering to recreate the 1980's Younger's No.3. It was about 4.3%, but much darker than the usual 80/ suggestions to clone. So I have something in the FV now, will post up the recipe if it turns out anything close.

This one was nice (think it was tweaked from one on this site anyway). 23l Original Gravity (OG): 1.056 (°P): 13.8 Final Gravity (FG): 1.010 (°P): 2.6 Alcohol (ABV): 6.02 % Colour (SRM): 9.2 (EBC): 18.1 Bitterness (IBU): 55.1 (Average) 5kg 85.47% Maris Otter Malt 0.5kg 8.55% Wheat Malt 0.2kg 3.42% C...