I'm having a few friends round tonight for a few games of poker and some homebrew - tomorrow I'm hoping that one or two of them will stick around to help me out with two brews as my girlfriend (who gets very bored when I brew!) is going to be working tomorrow all day
I will be brewing two beers; One of them is going to be the starting point for my house bitter - I plan to use this recipe as a starting point, and tweak it every time I brew it until it is perfect. The other is going to be a strong (7.5 to 10% abv) bitter, but I need help deciding on my recipes
My 'Henry's Best' recipe, is based on Dave Line's recipe for Harvey's Sussex Best but uses different hops because a) I want it to be original and b) I've got a few bags of hops in the freezer which need using up!
Henry's Best
5 Gallon Batch
3kg Marris Otter Pale Malt
250g Crushed Flaked Maize
200g Vienna Malt
60g soft light Brown Sugar
50g EKG @ 60 mins
25g Saaz @ 15 mins
10g Saaz Dry hop 3 days
SafAle S-04
o.g. 1.044
abv ~4.2%
Insanity
3 Gallon batch
3kg Maris Otter Pale Malt
500g Caramalt 10L
500g Vienna Malt
50g Black Malt
50g Wheat DME (Need to use it up!)
50g Fuggles 60 mins
10g Hallertauer Hersbruker 15 min
10g Hallertauer Hersbruker Dry Hop 3 Days
SafAle S-04
o.g. 1.070
abv ~7%
Help me finetune my recipes before brew day tomorrow!
Cheers
H