Next AG, dunno.

[stevezx7r]

So I popped into the H+G yesturday and bought a load of fairly random ingredients. I bought -

8kg Marris Otter
500g Flaked Barley
500g Light Crystal Malt (60 ebc)
500g Torrified Wheat
100 Bramling Cross
Brupack of Fuggles

I also have some cascade, saaz, EKG and Northern Brewer and about 400g roast barley and 300g Crystal Malt (120 ebc)

I can't for the life of me decide what to make, any ideas?

I erring towards making a light coloured ale (which rules out using the roast barley) and was thinking of something like this which I knocked together last night -

Golden Pale Ale

Maris Otter – 3.8kg
Crystal 60l – 200g
Flaked barley – 200g
torrified wheat – 200g

Hops

Fuggles – 4.5 AA – 60 min boil – 31.3 ibu
Bramling Cross – 5.30 – 10 min boil – 3.3 ibu
Fuggles – 4.5 AA – 30 min steep – 0 ibu
Bramling Cross – 5.30 AA – 30 min steep – 0 ibu

Irish Moss – 15 mins before boil off

Safale S04 yeast

Look ok? Was thinking of doing two, one tonight and a different one tomorrow.

[fivetide]

Wih some slight changes you could make that B&T style brew I adapted from the BB recipe for my first AG?

[stevezx7r]

If I had some styrians, or maybe the fuggles would work....hmm.

Strange as I had a bottle of that last night. The first time I had it it was #1 on my to do list but last nights left me feeling a little let down - not as hoppy as I remember.

[fivetide]

Bottled commercial B&T is a real let down compared to draft.

Mind you, I thought Schihallion was a big let down after B&T but some people love it, so horses for courses and all that.

[stevezx7r]

Always seems to be the case, you find a drink in the pub that tastes great then you pick one up at the shop and it's a let down. I did that with Deuchars IPA. With the B+T, I haven't tried it in the pub yet.

[stevezx7r]

BTW, just making some adjustments to a recipe and as i'm using Promash i'm not sure where the Torrifed Wheat or the Flaked Barley is? Any ideas?

[Garth]

Steve, I don't think Promash has Torrified wheat in the database unless it's under an American name,

I just added it manually

Flaked Barley is just under Demerera sugar, if it's not there in yours I'll give you the info to fill in

[stevezx7r]

If you could Garth. I've looked and both are missing along with demerera. Wonder what is missing?

[bconnery]

I think the recipe looks fine.
For no real reason other than personal taste I like bramling cross in slightly darker ales, so I'd consider a small roast barley addition, just to give a little edge.
But to be honest, you could change nothing in that recipe and I think you'd find it fine.

Or you could go something like Dark Star Hophead and build an english bitter but put generous late additions of cascade, maybe mixed with bramling cross. I'm not sure how that would go but if you are feeling adventurous