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Give me a recipe

Post by Brewer » Mon May 12, 2014 4:10 pm

Hi folks I have a few ingredients lying around which I would like to use up could you all please give me ideas of what I could make with these?
My preferred styles are pale ales but open to suggestions

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Goldings alpha 100g
Flaked barley 500g
Crushed wheat malt 500g
Flaked maize 500g
Fuggles 100g
Northern brewer 120g
Saaz 100g
Challenger 100g
Crystal malt 200g
Maris otter 3kg
Lager malt 1kg

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Re: Give me a recipe

Post by john luc » Mon May 12, 2014 5:36 pm

For a 15 litre batch
Maris otter 3 Kg
Lager malt 1 Kg
Flaked Maize 0.5 Kg

Golding hops 60 min 30 g
Northern Brewer 30 min 20 g
Saaz 30 min 20 g
northern Brewer 5 min 60 g
Saaz 5 min 60 g

US 05 yeast

Should make a clean pale hopped beer with a nice hop Aroma.
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Re: Give me a recipe

Post by seymour » Wed May 21, 2014 10:37 pm

Hey Brewer,

John Luc's recipe sounds great, but I also noticed you have the makings for a delicious California Common, closely resembling Anchor Steam.
Here's some historical background from the BJCP Style guidelines.
Overall Impression: A lightly fruity beer with firm, grainy maltiness, interesting toasty and caramel flavors, and showcasing the signature Northern Brewer varietal hop character.

Comments: This style is narrowly defined around the prototypical Anchor Steam example. Superficially similar to an American pale or amber ale, yet differs in that the hop flavor/aroma is woody/minty rather than citrusy, malt flavors are toasty and caramelly, the hopping is always assertive, and a warm-fermented lager yeast is used.

History: American West Coast original. Large shallow open fermenters (coolships) were traditionally used to compensate for the absence of refrigeration and to take advantage of the cool ambient temperatures in the San Francisco Bay area. Fermented with a lager yeast, but one that was selected to thrive at the cool end of normal ale fermentation temperatures.

Ingredients: Pale ale malt, American hops (usually Northern Brewer, rather than citrusy varieties), small amounts of toasted malt and/or crystal malts. Lager yeast, however some strains (often with the mention of “California” in the name) work better than others at the warmer fermentation temperatures (55 to 60°F) used...

LEFTOVERS CALIFORNIA COMMON

6 US gallons = 5 Imperial gallons = 22.7 Litres

GRAINBILL
63.9% = 3 kg = 6.61 lb, Maris Otter
21.3% = 1 kg = 2.2 lb, Lager Malt
10.6% = 500 g = 1.1 lb, Wheat Malt
4.3% = 200 g = .44 lb, Crystal Malt (consider lightly toasting this awhile in your oven for greater authenticity, it's easy and it'll definitely make a difference)

HOPS
35 g = 1.23 oz, Northern Brewer (60 min)
35 g = 1.23 oz, Northern Brewer (10 min)

YEAST (this is absolutely key to the style)
A true lager strain, but fermented at ambient cellar temps. A dry packet is fine, such as Saflager W-34/70, S-23, S-189, Mangrove Jack's Bohemian Lager Yeast, Mauribrew Lager Y497.

APPROXIMATE STATS
OG: 1051
FG: 1011
ABV: 5.2%
IBU: 35
COLOUR: 7°SRM/14°EBC, light orange amber

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