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2.9% brainwave

Post by quixoticgeek » Mon May 02, 2011 5:46 pm

Inspired by an afternoon drinking Brodies brainwave, a very light, hoppy 2.9% beer, that is amazingly refreshing on a sunny afternoon, I am wondering if anyone has any ideas for a recipe for brewing something similiar?

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Re: 2.9% brainwave

Post by Beer O'Clock » Mon May 02, 2011 5:55 pm

I made one like this by accident. It was GW's Landlord clone but I measured short on my grain bill. Didn't realise it at the time, until I started to get odd OG readings. I estimate that I had doughed in about 3Kg of Pale (short by about 1.5Kg). The rest of the recipe is straight out of the book.
By working back through BrewMate, I got something like 70IBU. I tried a couple the other night and if slightly chilled they go down a storm. "Crisp" would be one way to describe it.
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Re: 2.9% brainwave

Post by Scotty » Mon May 02, 2011 6:10 pm

Beer O'Clock wrote:I made one like this by accident. It was GW's Landlord clone but I measured short on my grain bill. Didn't realise it at the time, until I started to get odd OG readings. I estimate that I had doughed in about 3Kg of Pale (short by about 1.5Kg). The rest of the recipe is straight out of the book.
By working back through BrewMate, I got something like 70IBU. I tried a couple the other night and if slightly chilled they go down a storm. "Crisp" would be one way to describe it.
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Re: 2.9% brainwave

Post by Kinley » Tue May 03, 2011 12:41 pm

I ballsed up a Jenning's Cumberland by reading the lb instead of kg bar on the scales!! Resultant ale was beautifully hoppy (good extraction), very flavoursome and refreshing and about 2.6%. Plan to brew another this summer as the cask was finished in about a fortnight.

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Re: 2.9% brainwave

Post by quixoticgeek » Sat May 28, 2011 7:17 pm

Beer O'Clock wrote:I made one like this by accident. It was GW's Landlord clone but I measured short on my grain bill. Didn't realise it at the time, until I started to get odd OG readings. I estimate that I had doughed in about 3Kg of Pale (short by about 1.5Kg). The rest of the recipe is straight out of the book.
By working back through BrewMate, I got something like 70IBU. I tried a couple the other night and if slightly chilled they go down a storm. "Crisp" would be one way to describe it.

What yeast did you use for that? Did you use golden promise malt or just bog standard Maris otter?

Thanks

Julia

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Re: 2.9% brainwave

Post by Beer O'Clock » Sat May 28, 2011 8:43 pm

quixoticgeek wrote:
Beer O'Clock wrote:I made one like this by accident. It was GW's Landlord clone but I measured short on my grain bill. Didn't realise it at the time, until I started to get odd OG readings. I estimate that I had doughed in about 3Kg of Pale (short by about 1.5Kg). The rest of the recipe is straight out of the book.
By working back through BrewMate, I got something like 70IBU. I tried a couple the other night and if slightly chilled they go down a storm. "Crisp" would be one way to describe it.

What yeast did you use for that? Did you use golden promise malt or just bog standard Maris otter?

Thanks

Julia
Used S-O4 and Golden Promise.
If I tried to replicate it, I probably wouldn't get close. That's the thing with accidents.
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Re: 2.9% brainwave

Post by chivelegs » Sun May 29, 2011 11:14 am

If you get a chance, try Redemption Brewery's Trinity. A 3% three hop beer that really punches above it's weight. Sounds like the kind of beer you're going for.

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