Summer Lightning Clone

Post by **Andy** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:16 am

Cheers DaaB, that's definitely one for the list!

Post by **Andy** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:03 am

It would appear that the local microbrewery, who also sell malt to homebrewers, use Pipkin malt for their signature brew so I'm sorted

Post by **Andy** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:35 am

I thought SL was still bottle conditioned but that might have changed of course!

Talking of Hop Back, their Odyssey Best is lovely, had a pint of that a few months ago and was gutted when I returned to the same establishment the next day to find that it had run out.

Post by **Andy** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:07 pm

Bought a bottle of SL this lunchtime for a yeast cultivation attempt.

Now what to do with the contents...... B) :rolleyes:

Post by **Jim** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:22 pm

Nice work DAAB!

Post by **Andy** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:37 pm

Just found what claims to be an authentic SL recipe!

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.j.ed ... htm#item76

Post by **Andy** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:38 am

In the interests of quality control http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/images/porpoise.jpg last night I sampled a pint (or so

) of my maturing SL clone. It's very nice but lacking some bitterness compared with the original. I guess the fact that I used virtually half the challenger content compared with SL2006 might have something to do with it. I might dry hop the cornie* with some more goldings when I transfer from king keg for a bit more aroma also. The Hogs Back yeast has very high attenuation and so there's no problems with dryness

[Do the hops sink or float by the way once they've been dry hopped ? Don't want the cornie dispense tube blocking - perhaps prudent to wrap some sanitised mesh around it ? ]

Post by **Andy** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:46 am

I suppose I could always crack open the KingKeg where the SL is currently sitting and add the dry hops to that - purge with CO2 and reseal. Then leave for a week or so before racking to Cornie leaving the hops behind.....

Post by **Andy** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:27 pm

OK,I'll just let nature take its course

My garage is a great place to store Cornies, sheltered but nice and cold still ! You're welcome to store your SL there DaaB

Road Runner · Post by **Road Runner** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:08 pm

QUOTE (andy @ Apr 5 2006, 07:38 AM) [Do the hops sink or float by the way once they've been dry hopped ?Ã‚Â Don't want the cornie dispense tube blocking - perhaps prudent to wrap some sanitised mesh around it ? ]
I've dry hopped in secondary a couple of times and find some hops sink & some float.

tribs · Post by **tribs** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:05 pm

I dry hop in a muslin bag. I moisten them first with a little hot (not boiling, about mash temp) water to extract more of the aroma. Then rack onto the hops in juice in the secondary.

tribs

Post by **Andy** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:42 pm

Visiting the folks this weekend and took a couple of litres of my SL clone. Very well received by my brother and dad, good job I didn't bring the entire cornie

Post by **Andy** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:04 pm

Yup, that's the first thing my dad commented on B)

Post by **Andy** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 7:15 pm

Back home now and drinking some chilled and slightly carbonated SL clone.

NECTAR B)

Post by **Andy** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 7:54 pm

It's certainly "in the style of.."

As in a nice, quaffable summer ale, plenty of bitterness now. I would quite happily down a few pints of it in a boozer

Would be interesting to do another batch but using the authentic yeast source as you've acquired DaaB.

A work colleague lives in Downton so I'll have to arrange something B)

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