Crouch Vale Brewer's Gold?

[sinkas]

HI ther I used the German ones, it was fantastic, but if you are carbonating and serving from a keg, not via a hand punp, I woudl definitly add some carapils or wheatmalt to give some head retention, as the last batch I did was 100% pale malt, and looked a little boring.

[bog69]

this was sent to me by JAMESB and i'll be making it next week sometime.

I brewed this one last year and it was a cracker. I will have doing it again shortly.

Brewers Gold

Recipe Brewers Gold Style American Pale Ale
Brewer JamesB Batch 23.00 L
All Grain

Recipe Characteristics
Recipe Gravity 1.052 OG Estimated FG 1.013 FG
Recipe Bitterness 38 IBU Alcohol by Volume 5.0%
Recipe Color 6° SRM Alcohol by Weight 3.9%

Ingredients
Quantity Grain Type Use
2.00 kg Lager malt Grain Mashed
3.00 kg Maris Otter Malt Grain Mashed
0.20 kg Torrified wheat Adjunct Mashed

Quantity Hop Type Time
30.00 g Brewers Gold Whole 90 minutes
20.00 g Brewers Gold Whole 15 minutes
40.00 g Brewers Gold Whole 0 minutes

Quantity Misc Notes
1.00 unit Irish Moss Fining
1.00 unit Nottingham (Danstar) Yeast

[mashweasel]

Guys,

After having a few there here is my take on a recreation. Its color is right on as are the descriptions the brewer has given that I can find. I've read a bunch of things about the grist on this beer but most are hypothetical and adding in most home brewer penchant for adding a ton of extraneous ingredients. The only thing I've found that is solid is from the people at Muntons that says that the beer is 100% Muntons lager malt. The hops are 100% brewers gold and from the brewer himself only one addition. The yeast is the only wild card as I don't have the Crouch Vale. I get a ton of melon fruits out of this so any really fruity yeast would do well and fermented cool. I find the Fullers strain does a great job.

Crouch Vale Brewers Gold
Gravity (OG) 1.040 (measured)
Gravity (FG) 1.010 (measured)
ABV 4.03% (measured)
Apparent attenuation 74.38% (measured)
Real attenuation 61.7% (measured)
IBU 35
SRM 2.2 (measured)
EBC 5.4

5gal (19L)

Grist
Muntons lager malt 8lb (3.65kg)

Hops
3.5oz Brewers Gold - 7.9% - 15min

Ferment at 63F

This is a very simple beer that is definitely in my top 10 beers in the world. I just need to see if I can convince them to send it to the US!

[steve_flack]

I seem to recall hearing that Crouch Vale's yeast came originally from (the now closed) Ridleys. It's alleged that Whitelabs' Essex Ale (WLP022) is Ridleys so maybe if you can't get the real thing then trying that yeast (it's a Platinum strain) might be worth a go.

[Frisfur]

I work about 300 yards from Crouch Vale

I have asked tthem before and its the old Ridleys yeast

[mashweasel]

The WLP essex yeast is Ridleys.