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I'm going AG but while I wait for my AG order I decided to use up some DME on my second extract brew.

This time the GW Old Speckled Hen recipe. I changed my method very slightly this time and I think I increased the hop utilisation in doing so. One of the slight problems with my brakspear clone was the lack of bitterness - even though it's turned out to be a very easy drinking pint.

This time I'd say it's spot on - although I've only sampled from the trial jar after 5 days in the FV. This time there is a very nice bitterness to the brew.

It's dropped from 1050 to 1014 in 5 days so I'll keep an eye on it and probably keg it mid next week.

Top notch, should be a good one! Which yeast did you use?

I used S04 this time. Eventually I'd like to do a Brakspear recipe with some Whitelabs WPL0023 yeast but for now I'm keeping it simple until I've gained a bit more experience

I must admit that I'm very pleased with my OSH clone. GWs recipe really does seem to capture its essence IMHO.