FORTYNINER

[Bazil]

FORTYNINER Ringwood Brewery Ringwood.

25 litre batch OG 1048 ABV 4.7% 22 units of colour 28 units of bitterness.

MARIS OTTER PALE MALT 4803 gms
CRYSTAL MALT 204 gms
TORRIFIED WHEAT 104 gms

HOPS boil time 90 minutes

CHALLENGER 24 gms
PROGRESS 22 gms

Add 10 gms Goldings last 15 minutes

Has anyone tried this from Norman Almanac or can anyone help with some suggestions to improve the recipe if needed? it was one of my favourites from the time I spent in Wiltshire and Hampshire.

I've got a Wyeast Ringwood ready It'd be great if I could get it close to the original, it'll be served without a head.

Cheers
Barry

[Stonechat]

I did a 49'r a couple of years ago that my notes show I was pleased with. It was based on dividing all the ingredients of Ringwood Old Thumper as per BYORAAH earlier edition, by 1.2.
For 25l
Pale malt 4835g
Crystal Malt 210g
Torrified Wheat105g (replacing Flaked Wheat)
White sugar175g&Dextrose45g (my replacement for Maltose syrup)
Start of boil
Challenger 30g
Progress 35g
Last 15mins of boil East Kent Goldings 15g & Irish Moss 1tsp

It came out at 25.25l for 1047og (target og 1048)
Your recipe is very similar, hope it turns out well.

[booldawg]

I've made a batch of this last month, should be ready mid April. I've only really had a few pints of 49er, not enough to compare to my brew. I need to get out to the pub just down the road from work as they sell it on tap.

Its a nice brew from what I've sampled so far. I followed the recipe as above and got it bang on 4.9% There is little to no head on it though, is that the case with the real thing?

[Graham]

I did a 49'r a couple of years ago that my notes show I was pleased with. It was based on dividing all the ingredients of Ringwood Old Thumper as per BYORAAH earlier edition, by 1.2.
For 25l
Pale malt 4835g
Crystal Malt 210g
Torrified Wheat105g (replacing Flaked Wheat)
White sugar175g&Dextrose45g (my replacement for Maltose syrup)
Start of boil
Challenger 30g
Progress 35g
Last 15mins of boil East Kent Goldings 15g & Irish Moss 1tsp

It came out at 25.25l for 1047og (target og 1048)
Your recipe is very similar, hope it turns out well.

The Ringwood recipes in BYORA came straight out of the horse's mouth so speak. The maltose syrup was only used in Old Thumper because their mash tun wasn't big enough to brew a full length of O.T. without it. (The use of syrup was not something they confessed publicly to though) They have enlarged their brewery since those days and probably have no need to use it any more. They didn't use syrup in their weaker beers.

In the later edition I removed the syrup and replaced the flaked wheat with Torrified wheat.

[Stonechat]

Hi Graham, just noticed your post on the 49'r. May I respectfully suggest that the last half of the last sentence should be " replaced the flaked wheat with torrified"?
I guess you did that to see if we were taking it all in.
I think I had to change to torrified as I could not get flaked anywhere. I wonder if that is still so?

[Graham]

Hi Graham, just noticed your post on the 49'r. May I respectfully suggest that the last half of the last sentence should be " replaced the flaked wheat with torrified"?
I guess you did that to see if we were taking it all in.
I think I had to change to torrified as I could not get flaked anywhere. I wonder if that is still so?

Yep! Thanks! Well spotted.

I'll either have to stop rushing these things, or get more sleep!

[Frisp]

Bazil
Did you brew the 49'r in April And if so how did it turn out