His request was for a darker style beer (ruby to you and me, he hates porters).
His Daughter's name is Lola, and he's a bit of rock fan, hence the name the name of the ale
Anyhew here's the recipe I've put togther for tomorrow:
Rock n Lola
Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
Type: All Grain
Date: 18/04/2009
Batch Size: 42.00 L
Brewer: Bionicmunky
Boil Size: 55.00 L Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 90 min Equipment: My Equipment
Brewhouse Efficiency: 79.00
Taste Notes:
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
8.00 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (5.9 EBC) Grain 88.89 %
0.40 kg Caramalt (26.0 EBC) Grain 4.44 %
0.40 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (125.1 EBC) Grain 4.44 %
0.20 kg Chocolate Malt (886.5 EBC) Grain 2.22 %
40.00 gm Challenger [7.50 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 17.6 IBU
25.00 gm Challenger [7.50 %] (30 min) Hops 7.7 IBU
25.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (30 min) Hops 5.7 IBU
25.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (1 min) Hops 0.3 IBU
40.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep)
Est Original Gravity: 1.050 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.86 %
Bitterness: 31.3 IBU Calories: 489 cal/l
Est Color: 29.4 EBC Color: Color
Not too sure about the caramalt, I'm told it adds toffeeness without the burnt, nutty taste - can anyone comment?
Fingers crossed for tomorrow.
John
