Shepherd Neame Canterbury Jack

[Bobba]

Recently enjoyed a lovely pint of Shepherd Neame Canterbury Jack in my local and was wondering if anyone would have at a guess as to the recipe? I haven't got a mash tun together yet so would be looking for an extract version.

One thing that did stand out was a slight grassy overtone, which I found refreshingly familiar from some of the beers found down south (I'm a southerner in Scotland) that you just don't get up here. I'm sure the grassiness would be from a bit of dry hopping, but was wondering which hops would be best for that. Could imagine it'd be easy to overdo it and end up with a glass of lawn cuttings!

On the neame website they have the following hints to offer.....

A 3.5% abv cask beer with a crisp, refreshing flavour, Canterbury Jack is hand-crafted by Shepherd Neame's team of award-winning brewers, using the highest quality ingredients.

Canterbury Jack is brewed with pale and crystal malts and gently hopped with Cascade and East Kent Goldings, grown within a few miles of the brewery. The water used is taken from an artesian well in the chalk beneath the Shepherd Neame brewery in Faversham, Kent.

This pale chestnut beer tantalises the nostrils with the aroma of grapefruit before full-bodied, malty, citrus notes delight the palate, leading to a crisp, refreshing, gentle bitter finish.

[seymour]

SEYMOUR SHEPHERD NEAME CANTERBURY JACK CLONE

This'll get you close: pale and crystal malts, East Kent Goldings and Cascade hops, 4% ABV, pale chestnut colour, etc.

6 US gallons = 5 Imperial Gallons = 22.7 Litres

GRAINBILL:
90% = 7.65 lb = 3.47 kg, Maris Otter or other English Pale Ale Malt
10% = .85 lb = 386 g, Crystal Malt

MASH at 151°F/66°C for 90 minutes

BOIL 60-90 minutes, add a pinch of gypsum to make the hops pop, drop Irish Moss at 15 min remaining.

HOPS:
.88oz = 25 g, East Kent Goldings, 60 minutes
.88oz = 25 g, Cascade, 15 minutes
.88oz = 25 g, Cascade, at flame-out, steep until cooled

YEAST:
Nottingham, ferment at the warm end of the ideal range. Shepherd Neame's primary yeast is supposedly available in Spitfire and 1698 bottles, in case you're a purist. I've heard BrewLabs sells an "anonymized" version, too.

STATS (assuming 75% mash efficiency and 77% yeast attenuation):
OG: 1041
ABV: 4%
IBU: 25
COLOUR: 9°SRM/18°EBC

[Cpt.Frederickson]

+1
I'd go with Crystal 60, and maybe slightly less than 10% personally but that looks pretty spot on.
I really like this beer. Yeast is a really important factor in SN's beer, as suggested you could culture up some from 1698 bottles if you can get it, or try brewlab. I asked for the yeast once before and they said they didn't have it, but I asked recently for something similar and i'm just awaiting delivery...
Best of luck with it mate!

[floydmeddler]

East Kent Goldings (or Bobek) and Cascade are a superb combo. One of my favourites!

[Bobba]

Awesome cheers chaps, will certainly have a bash at this. Got all those hops growing in the garden this year so this could be a gooden