What Beer Can I brew from ingredients - Help

[Matt]

The micronised black malt in the boil sounds interesting - esp from the tasting notes on his blog. I'm thinking of trying this in my Pilgrim pales with S33

[seymour]

Bump.

Hi Seymour
Thanks a lot of information there is plenty for me to take on board from yor post.
I appreciate your comments about the similarity of the brews. I'll have a rethink perhaps another grain won't break the bank. But the beer you pointed me too looks very interesting so I may well go with that.

So, what did you end-up brewing?

The micronised black malt in the boil sounds interesting - esp from the tasting notes on his blog. I'm thinking of trying this in my Pilgrim pales with S33

Sounds great. I just bottled the rest of my Green Hop Cream Ale last weekend. I noticed when I racked from the primary fermentor to a secondary the airlock started bubbling again, but get this: it went all the way down to 1005! The finished beer is light-bodied but not thin and boring like most lagers, it still has a nice malty sweetness and faint fruity esters, with a crystal-clear appearance, absolutely perfect for an American Cream Ale or English Golden/Blond Ale. I really don't understand why many homebrewers are so negative about this historic English Edme yeast!

[Monkeybrew]

Bump.

Hi Seymour
Thanks a lot of information there is plenty for me to take on board from yor post.
I appreciate your comments about the similarity of the brews. I'll have a rethink perhaps another grain won't break the bank. But the beer you pointed me too looks very interesting so I may well go with that.

So, what did you end-up brewing?

The micronised black malt in the boil sounds interesting - esp from the tasting notes on his blog. I'm thinking of trying this in my Pilgrim pales with S33

Sounds great. I just bottled the rest of my Green Hop Cream Ale last weekend. I noticed when I racked from the primary fermentor to a secondary the airlock started bubbling again, but get this: it went all the way down to 1005! The finished beer is light-bodied but not thin and boring like most lagers, it still has a nice malty sweetness and faint fruity esters, with a crystal-clear appearance, absolutely perfect for an American Cream Ale or English Golden/Blond Ale. I really don't understand why many homebrewers are so negative about this historic English Edme yeast!

I added some S-33 to my latest online order, any tips on the best style of beer to brew with it?

Cheers

MB

[seymour]

...I added some S-33 to my latest online order, any tips on the best style of beer to brew with it?

Anything really, where you want some estery English ale complexity. Perhaps follow a tried-and-true favourite recipe of yours, substituting only the yeast to see what you think for yourself.

For years, the American IPA conception has been to use the most neutral, high attenuating ale yeast possible, then filter, in order to emphasize the hops alone. I think this viewpoint is finally changing to include ale yeasts with more personality, and leaving some poorly flocculating yeast in suspension, which pairs nicely with fruity hops. Marble Dobber and Alchemist Heady Toppers are best-selling examples which we've been talking about lately. I think S-33 would be well-suited in this kinda recipe too.

So again, use S-33 in anything you'd like to drink! Just plan to rack to a secondary vessel after primary fermentation dies-down, and let it bulk-age for several weeks. For me this seemed to be essential to overcome the low-attenuating/low-flocculating complaints some people have made about it.

[Andy_C]

So, what did you end-up brewing?

AG # 1 Timothy tailor landlord is conditioning in a pressure barrel.
My AG #2 Exmoor Gold is still hogging the fermenting fridge and will be for a while yet, looking good so far.

AG #3 well . . . . I just can't wait to try a stout. Plenty of guinness receipes out there so will be buying more ingredients.

But the Ushers I.P. with the micronised malt sounds good, and when the time comes to replace the Timothy Tailor Landlord with something similar I guess I'll be trying that.

All good fun, just sourced a load of pressure barrels so will try to get 3 or 4 filled so some at least will reach maturity.

Thanks

Andy