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A friend has asked me to brew a beer for his daughter's christening next month. First time someone has asked me to brew a batch specifically for them.

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

HLT is as of 07:10.

I was hounded out the house by SWMBO in my dressing gown so I could put the water on so we can go out later

Your own personal alarm clock!!!!

Have fun!

(No brewing for me today.....all FVs full. Which means I have no excuse not to do the gardening)

isn't nearly a 5% beer a bit strong for a young child to drink..........Christening or not......

Mash on @ 67ish (bleary eyed from too much APA last night)

oh and added 200g of torrified wheat cause I had some in stock, caution to the wind and all that.

Nice recipe good luck with it. I was going to call my youngest Lola when she was born, but my wife is a fan of The Kinks and the request was met with an emphatic no

AFter a phone call with my mate during the mash, he stated that he loved Hobgoblin.

So, I ended up liquoring back before the boil and swapping the goldings out for Styrians to try and get a more of a Wychwood HG clone.

Ended up with circa 50L @ 1044.

Bubbling away nicely as of last night