John Smiths

BarnsleyBrewer · Post by **BarnsleyBrewer** » Tue May 20, 2008 7:53 pm

Might try this John Smiths recipe of norms, has anybody tried it before?
When the recipe states sugar, what kind of sugar is recommended, i.e.. white, brown??

John

JOHN SMITHS MAGNET BITTER The Brewery Tadcaster

25 litre batch OG 1040 ABV 4% 37 units of colour 32.5 EBU

PALE MALT 3250 gms
BLACK MALT 41 gms
SUGAR 580 gms Added to Boiler

HOPS Boil time 90 minutes

TARGET 31 gms

Yeast of your choice.

BarnsleyBrewer · Post by **BarnsleyBrewer** » Tue May 20, 2008 7:57 pm

DaaB wrote:I wouldn't have thought so not on a Craft Brewing forum ...sorry

I don't understand what you mean??

BlightyBrewer · Post by **BlightyBrewer** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:16 pm

Why don't you try a recipe like Timothy Taylor Landlord? It would be a much better use of your ingredients and hard work.

Post by **Jim** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:22 pm

Just because it's a copy of a keg beer doesn't mean it can't be better than the original. Mainly because it won't be filtered or pasteurised.

Graham · Post by **Graham** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:28 pm

Jim wrote:Just because it's a copy of a keg beer doesn't mean it can't be better than the original. Mainly because it won't be filtered or pasteurised.

John Smiths was also available on handpump, in some Courage pubs, but wasn't particularly successful I think.

Post by **Aleman** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:37 pm

I can remember Worthington on hand pump . . . Actually rather a nice session pint

Post by **Jim** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:44 pm

Graham wrote:
Jim wrote:Just because it's a copy of a keg beer doesn't mean it can't be better than the original. Mainly because it won't be filtered or pasteurised.
John Smiths was also available on handpump, in some Courage pubs, but wasn't particularly successful I think.

Interesting. I've had the odd pint of it (years ago), but never saw it on hand pump.

Dennis King · Post by **Dennis King** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:48 pm

Tried on handpump, yes it was better than the keg. Just.

richard_senior · Post by **richard_senior** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:56 pm

Speaking of nice 'bitter'.
Does anyone remember Tetleys Imperial?
If anyone can dig up a recipe for that I'd be very happy!

BarnsleyBrewer · Post by **BarnsleyBrewer** » Tue May 20, 2008 11:22 pm

BlightyBrewer wrote:Why don't you try a recipe like Timothy Taylor Landlord? It would be a much better use of your ingredients and hard work.

Yeh, that sounds like a great brew, anybody recommend a good clone for a 5 gallon batch?

John

Post by **Andy** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:55 am

If you search the recipes section you'll find quite a few

Parp · Post by **Parp** » Thu May 22, 2008 4:18 pm

I used to like Stones Bitter on hand pull.

In places that werent real ale havens of course.

It wasnt bad, verging slightly on the bland but it did the job, especially when the other choices were stuff like Best Scotch, and cacky UK lagers.

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