Ilkley Brewery Mary Jane Clone

[DanBrew1980]

Afternoon,

My dad has been a great help testing my beers and giving feedback and to reward him I am trying to re-create his favourite tipple.

This is Ilkley brewery’s Mary Jane.

http://www.ilkleybrewery.co.uk/our-beers/item/mary-jane

I have done some research and as an extract brewer, was planning on steeping some carapils and using pale DME.

I know the beer is a Pale session ale @ 3.5% but for a 16l brew I am struggling with quantities and schedule for the following listed hops:

Northdown
Amarillo
Cascade

I am also wondering on yeast selection, was thinking Safale US05 but had wondered about SAFALE US04 or wilko Gervin (notty).

Any advice.

[Stewb]

The base bittering hops is definitely the northdown, and flavour wise I'd say the Amarillo dominates, silly question, but have you tried asking the brewery?

Not much of a yeasty-boy myself so I'd happily go with US05 but I'm sure someone else will have a more useful bit to say than that

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[DanBrew1980]

The base bittering hops is definitely the northdown, and flavour wise I'd say the Amarillo dominates, silly question, but have you tried asking the brewery?

Not much of a yeasty-boy myself so I'd happily go with US05 but I'm sure someone else will have a more useful bit to say than that

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Not a silly question at all and no not yet... Thanks though

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[oliver tate]

I remember seeing on the bottle label that Mary Jane is 99% pale malt, 1% Crystal, with an English Yeast.

For hop quantities I would be going fairly low on ibu with a only a very small amount of northdown at the start. As you are brewing small volumes I personally wouldn't bother buying a packet of northdown for the brew as you will use such a small amount. You will easily get enough ibus with a small blend of Amarillo and cascade at the start and 10/5/0 minutes. I would guess that Mary Jane isn't dry hopped, it doesn't seem to have a lot of aroma.