3 Gallon Water for 'Brown Ale' Brewing
4lb Dark Malt Extract
8oz Crushed Roast Barley
8oz Crushed Crystal Malt
2lb Soft Brown Sugar
2oz Fuggles Hops
5 Saccharin Tablets
2oz Brewers Yeast
3oz Black Treacle
Brewing Stages:
1.
Boil Malt extract,malt grains and hops in water for 45 minutes.Carefully strain off the wort from the hops and malt grains into a fermenting bin.Rinse the spent grains and hops with 2 kettlesful of hot water.Dissolve the main quota of sugar in hot water and add this to the bin.Top up to final quantity with cold water.
2.
When cool to room temperature pitch in the yeast and saccharin tablets.Ferment until activity abates.Rack off into secondary fermentation vessel and keep under airlock for 7 days.
3.
Rack the beer from the sediment into a barrel primed with the treacle.Allow 7 days conditioning before sampling.
Give it a try its a good strong Northern Bitter
ENJOY
