Nice to see you're back in action POP'sPieOPah wrote:Well, my brew day is almost at a close.
I have brewed Theakstons 'Old Peculier' from Dave Lines BBLTYB. I don't normally make clones, but since I have 2 recipe books, I thought it would be wise to make use of them
The clone isn't quite strict to the recipe as I didn't have exactly what was needed. So, instead of Fuggles, I used Goldings. Instead of Saccharin tablets I used 5 teaspoons of Canderel. Rather than 2kg of Dark DME I used 1.5kg of extra dark DME and 500g of Medium DME. Also, I only had 500g of Soft Dark Brown Sugar so I used 280g of Light Brown Sugar and 220g of White Table Sugar.
So, not an Exact copy of a clone, but close enoughBesides, it now has my personal touch and should still turn out to be a great tasting beer (just need to buy some treacle to prime with!)
I'll post pics later.....
I made this a couple of times sometime last century, when I was starting out, about 1987. As I recall, it came out quite good. Well, I made it more than once. The black treacle to prime is vital to the taste.