Help: I need a recipe

BeerEagle · Post by **BeerEagle** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:19 pm

I am a member of a choral society and we're pretty good, doing lots of classical stuff - Bach, Mozart etc.

This year is our 40th anniversary year and I have committed myself to creating some beer for our summer garden party.

Most of the choir are old farts but I want to create something a bit special themed on 40.

It will be called "Forte" (see what I did there?) so it needs to be OG 1.040, EBU of 40 and SRM of 40.

Would welcome any ideas.

Thanks guys.

staplefordbill · Post by **staplefordbill** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:26 am

Glad your society's doing well. I enjoy classical music myself, and I've been listening to a lot of Schubert and Mendelssohn at work recently. Can't sing very well but at least I'm not tone deaf. Anyway... your requirements are a little tricky. Balance wise I'd tend to go for an OG of 1.050+ with an IBU of 40, which isn't an option here. I'm not that familiar with SRM, but Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Reference_Method) translates SRM 40 to an EBC of 78. That wil give you a very dark beer. You'd end up with something like Guinness only not quite so dark, and not quite so bitter either. I don't kow how it will fit together, as darker beers require more bitterness IMO, and 40 IBUs might not be quite enough. I reckon you might be better using EBC as your scale rather than SRM. That way you could have something slightly beyond copper coloured with lots of fruitiness - like Old Speckled Hen or Abbot Ale. Experimenting with BeerMate or Beer Engine would be useful.

Laripu · Post by **Laripu** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 1:44 am

Forget the numbers. Forte means strong in French, if you don't pronounce the "e". Brew a strong beer. Give the old geezers a thrill... 40 BU, OK, but OG of at least 60, and light-bodied enough so they can really swallow a few.

For that, you'll want some flaked maize and some white sugar, but not much of either, and the rest pale malt.

BeerEagle · Post by **BeerEagle** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:42 pm

Haha, thanks guys:

Laripu - yes it means strong in French but also loud in music (Italian).

Can't make it too strong or we'll end up with even more trouser stains on the older f@rts.

staplefordbill: good thinking on the colour scale, will do. I do use BrewPal and IBrewmaster on my phone.

Laripu · Post by **Laripu** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:49 pm

BeerEagle wrote:
Can't make it too strong or we'll end up with even more trouser stains on the older f@rts.

Lol, ok, guess my suggestion is out.

BeerEagle · Post by **BeerEagle** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:24 pm

Laripu wrote:
Lol, ok, guess my suggestion is out.

Or I could always issue each of them a pack of Tena pads before the afternoon starts

alwilson · Post by **alwilson** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:26 pm

BeerEagle wrote: Or I could always issue each of them a pack of Tena pads before the afternoon starts

"Tenor" pads, surely?

BeerEagle · Post by **BeerEagle** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:46 pm

Ker-ching!!!!

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