Jim's Beer Kit

No reply yet! Well I for one like the look of that MB, might steal it. :lol: If you have any Special B I would sub that in for the light crystal (just 100g though, powerful stuff), it will add a lot more complexity and maltiness to this, which is what Mild is all about. :beer: Damn it, I had 100g o...

With both kegs running dry, the pressure was on to get a mash on and with a slim 6 hour window on Monday between 9am-3pm, I got cracking. I wanted to brew a session style beer for my 20L Crusader keg + a few bottles, so decided on my first AG Dark Mild. After a fair bit of recipe planning indecision...

Now getting better and better, time to go out to the keggerator as it's beer o'clock

It's been a while since I brewed an AG beer, think it was July actually and that didn't turn out great in the end, due to the London ESB yeast that I used :| I had planned a 1.050OG ESB, as I didn't want anything too strong, but still wanted a full tasting English Bitter, but this was based on a 21L...

Little Update -

The Earl Grey flavour is gradually mellowing a bit more now, and I'm starting to get more of a balance between the stout flavour and the tea now

Cheers

MB

WalesAles wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 16, 2017 9:26 pm

Monkey,
Any update on this Brew?
I hear that you are not too fussed on it.

WA

Sent from my 6 seater corner sofa.

It has improved slightly in the keg since last week.

The Earl Grey flavour is still a bit overpowering for my liking at the moment though

Cheers

MB

Checked the gravity again tonight and it's dropped a bit more to 1.014 (4.80%) and the dryness has gone from the taste and I'm left with quite a good fragrant aroma and taste, but the unmistakable Coopers Stout flavour is still there in the background. Now to keg and bottle this at the weekend. :D MB

WalesAles wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 03, 2017 7:31 pm

Looking Good Monkey,
With Dry Hop at 0 days, are you leaving them in for 2wks?
Or do you mean 10 days

WA

Sent from my car.

0 days??, says 7 days, which really means day 7.

Checked on this stout after lunch, and all signs of fermentation look to be over, but I will check back with my hydrometer again later this week to confirm this. The current gravity is 1.016, which is higher than a normal Coopers Stout FG, but this was my plan, hence the use of Lactose. The aroma fr...

How does this look as my first ESB recipe? ESB Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) Recipe Specs ---------------- Batch Size (L): 20.0 Total Grain (kg): 4.546 Total Hops (g): 90.00 Original Gravity (OG): 1.052 (°P): 12.9 Final Gravity (FG): 1.014 (°P): 3.6 Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.04 % C...

Tea Bags just arrived, off to Wilkos now for the Main ingredients. WA MrsAles `I thought you were painting the Kitchen Door and swapping the Bedrooms around today`. Maybe tomorrow. Got to prioritise. :D Life is all about priorities, just trying to plan next weekend around an AG ESB brew :wink: Goin...

Research and Drinking that is!

Rhodesy wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 29, 2017 7:22 pm

I quite fancy trying this! Looks very interesting.

I can't take any credit for it, WA has done all of the R&D.

Cheers

MB

Haha, you are such a sheep!

Cheers

MB

I normally like to stick to traditional ingredients when brewing kit or AG beers, but Mr Wales Ales kindly sent me a bottle of his 2016 Earl Grey Stout brew last year, and it was really tasty, and I vowed to make something similar one day. Well that day has finally arrived, so this is my take on his...