Winter Ale - Old Timer?

[Pete]

Hi

I am looking to brew an Old Timer type of beer for Christmas. Anyone have any recipes?

Pete

[Garth]

Hi Pete,

There's a few old winter beers in Wheelers book, let me know if you want any others, here's the one you named:-


Wadworth's Old Timer

OG 1055

Pale Malt 5350g
Crystal Malt 180g

Invert cane sugar 480g
Fuggles 75g (start of boil)
Irish moss/whirlfloc 1tsp / 1 tab (last 15mins)
Goldings 5g (dry hops in the cask)

Mash liquor 14 litres
Mash temp 65'C
Mash time 2 hours
Boil time 2 hours
Alcohol 6%
FG 1011
Bitterness 28 EBU
Final Volume 23 litres

[Pete]

Thanks Garth,

I shall try Old Timer - I think the more drunk I can keep my wife and I this Christmas, the better.

Pete

[DRB]

[deadlydes]

Garth
what other winter beers are in there?

[Garth]

well lets see..

Old Ales, Stock Ales and Barley Wines
Banks and Taylor - Black Bat
Batemans - Winter Warmer
Big Lamp - Old Genie
Broughton - Old Jock
Crouch Vale - Willie Warmer
Eldridge Pope - Thos Hardy Ale
Everards - Old Bill
Gales - Prize Old Ale
Holdens - Old Ale
Hoskins - Old Navigation
Linfit - Enochs Hammer
Morland - Speckled
Nethergate - Old Growler
Robinwood - Old Fart
Theakstons - Old Peculiar
Wadworth - Old Timer
Wiltshire - Old Devil

let me know if you want any of em and I'll post them up.

[deadlydes]

any chance of:
Batemans - Winter Warmer
Crouch Vale - Willie Warmer
Eldridge Pope - Thos Hardy Ale
Robinwood - Old Fart

been meaning to try a few beer of this style for ages
cheers
Des

[Garth]

No prob DD

Batemans Winter Warmer
OG 1058

Pale Malt 4,000g
Black Malt 180g
Roast Barley 400g
Flaked Wheat 280g

Invert cane sugar 1,200g
Goldings 95g (start of boil)
Goldings 20g (last 15)

Mash Liquor 12 litres
Mash Temp 67'C
Mash Time 2 hours
Boil Time 2 hours
Alcohol 6.7%
FG 1008
Bitterness 40 EBU
Final Vol 23 litres

what would you use for invert cane sugar? is that golden syrup again?

[Garth]

Crouch Vale Willie Warmer

OG 1060

Pale Malt 6,150g
Crystal Malt 340g
Roast barley 340g

Challenger hops 65g (start)
Challenger hops (last 15)

Mash liquor 16 litres
Mash temnp 67'C
Mash time 2hrs
Boil time 2hrs
Alc 6.1%
FG 1014
40 EBU
Final vol 23 litres

[Garth]

Eldridge Pope Thomas Hardy's Ale
OG 1125
Pale Malt 6,800g
Amber malt 1,700g

Goldings 55g (start)
Fuggles 65g (start)
Styrian Goldings 25g (last 15)
Irish moss 2tsp (last 15)

Mash liquor 18 litres
Mash Temp 67'C
Mash time 2 hrs
Boil time 1.5 - 2.5 hours
Alc 12.8%
FG 1030
75 EBU
Final vol 12 litres

there is also a whole pages on notes on how to brew this ale, cause of it being a bit of a monster, I will copy it if anyone needs it

[Garth]

Robinson Old Fart

OG 1060

Pale malt 6,200g
Crystal malt 340g
Roast Barley 340g

Whitbread Goldings 80g (start)
Goldings hops 15g (last 15)

Mash liquor 16 litres
Mash temp 66'C
Mash time 2 hrs
Boil time 2 hrs
Alc 6.1 %
FG 1014
40 EBU
Final vol 23 litres

[deadlydes]

Cheers Garth much appreciated
i am pretty sure i remember you can make inverted cane sugar by boiling 'normal' granulated with some citric acid for 10mins
i may be corrected though
thanks again

[norman]

Tate and Lyles GOLDEN SYRUP is invert sugar.

[bandit]

I found most recipies hard to get hold of until I found the library. They got me a copy of the CAMRA brew british ales in 2 days. Its currently out of print so finding your own can be difficult. It has winter warmers, stouts, pale ales and Timmy Taylors.

[PieOPah]

I found most recipies hard to get hold of until I found the library. They got me a copy of the CAMRA brew british ales in 2 days. Its currently out of print so finding your own can be difficult. It has winter warmers, stouts, pale ales and Timmy Taylors.

Time to get writing down all those recipes then