Strong English Pale

[Whorst]

Going to brew this within the next couple of days.


OG 1.058
FG 1.015
IBU 45
ABV 5.5 %
SRM 13




Fermentables
87.9 % 11.00 American Two-row Pale
4.0 % 0.50 American Crystal 10L
4.0 % 0.50 CaraPils
2.0 % 0.25 American Special Roast
1.6 % 0.20 Belgian Special B
0.5 % 0.06 American Black Patent[/b]
Hops: Target and East Kent Goldings/Dry hop EKG
Yeast: Safale-04

[Whorst]

Your suggestion? I'm using left over carapils(dextrin malt), left over crystal 15L, left over special roast, tad of special B, because I have it also. This should beef up the malt flavor. Although it's not "particularly English", it will lend a similar result. This along with great water should give me the quality result I'm looking for.

[Whorst]

I'm giving S-04 another go. Last time I used it all I could taste was torrified wheat. Maybe if I aged it longer it would have mellowed. Now I just use carapils, which seems to do the same thing, without the flavor.

[BarryNL]

I'm not sure I'd bother with the Black Patent - I think with those other grains it's already going to be dark enough for a "Pale Ale" - even Special-B is quite a dark crystal to use in a pale ale, dunno how dark the American Special Roast is, but that sounds pretty dark too.

[DarloDave]

Is that an Adicts avatar Whorst?

[Whorst]

Yes, I was pretty good friends at one time with Monkey and Pete. In my youth I traveled to Ipswich and met them. I've seen Discharge many times, along with GBH, The Exploited, Abrasive Wheels, Anti-Nowhere League.

[Whorst]

I'm changing it.

11lbs Maris Otter
1lbs. Carastan(English Crystal)
2 oz. Black Malt
Hop possibilities: Target, Boadicea, Super Styrians, Goldings, etc.

[oxford brewer]

Lose the black malt and shovel in the Goldings(and dont forget to steep a good amount of the same hops for 30 mins at 80c before finishing off the cooling ).

[Whorst]

The black malt is just for color. I like a nice, ruby red pint.

[Whorst]

Here's the new revamped recipe:

4.98kg 2 row pale ale malt
.45kg Hugh Baird Crystal Malt 35L
23kg Carapils(dextrin malt)
85g chocolate malt for color
28g Challenger 6.5% AA @ 60 minutes
28g EKG 5.0% AA @ 60 minutes
14g Challenger @ 15
14g Challenger @ 5
Safale-04 rehydrated pitch at 18c.

Dry Hop 28g EKG in fv.

[NickK]

Of all the hops I've used so far Challenger smell is my favourite.