heres a good question for you :-)

[ColinKeb]

a man has ;

7 lbs marris otter pale malt
2 lbs crystal malt
1/2 lb roast barley
1/2 lb black malt

1 pack of gervin english ale yeast

some loose goldings hops 25gm approx
some foil wrapped halletauer hops 50gms
some foil wrapped styrian goldings hops 75 gms

white and demerara sugar

1 day off and an empty house

he doesnt need to use all of the ingredients and hes fed up of stout and porter for the moment.

what can he make? ???

best answer will win a free pint of it when its brewed (collection in person only )

[Seveneer]

If it was me I'd use the pale malt, 40g of the crystal, the black malt and a pound of brown sugar. I'd use 50g of the Styrian Golding at 60 minutes. I reckon you'll end up with a reasonable porter.

[Seveneer]

Bugger, you're fed up with porter.

Screws my idea then

[Andy]

man needs more pale malt.......

[Seveneer]

Or a smaller batch. What about a 18 litre batch of bitter.

All the pale malt, 20 g of the crystal then throw in the Styrian Goldings a few at a time to give a good level of bitterness, flavour and aroma.

/Phil.

[Andy]

Dave Line steps in from beyond the grave....

Good spot DaaB....

[ColinKeb]

Bugger, you're fed up with porter.

Screws my idea then

well, how could i be fed up with it? i mean ive just made a lot of it recently and fancy a change. this being the hideous long month till pay day im a bit restricted. that chimay looks good though . dave line recipes are the ones i tend to use but they seem to use half the malt compared to everyone else, weird cos the beer is always just as strong as a kit.

the smaller batch is no probs as i was only making a corny full anyway 20ltrs will do me fine.

thanks for the suggestions, when ive slept on it i will announce the winner although im pretty sure i already owe Daab a pint , its a wonder he needs to brew at all

[Frothy]

There's enough Pale Malt & crystal with the goldings to make some old school UK bitter.

[Orfy]

If you can get a little chocolate you can do a Hob Goblin or as said, a standard bitter.
You could Always do a 4 gallon batch and open up your options.
Or you could do a Mild or maybe a Brown Ale.

[oblivious]

You could make a nice mild, remove the roast barely and use around 1/5-1/4 of a pound of the black patent and ½ pound of demerara sugar

Or a nice 60 shilling as above but replace the black patent with the roasted barley

[mysterio]

I would do a Mild with that. Something around 1.034 SG, 80% pale ale malt, 10% crystal, 5% black malt, and maybe 5% sugar. Then use the goldings/styrians at 60 minutes for 25 IBUs.

[ColinKeb]

old school bitter coming up to challenge the lead with the chimay just edging forward by a nose in first place, mild hasnt the strength to take it now as they head for the final furlong ..............

[Garth]

I'd do the Chimay, just looked at it in Daves BBLTYB and it sounds great, you only need the honey and brown sugar....corner shop job...

I am biased mind you as I love a Chimay from Te*co

[tubby_shaw]

I'd do the Chimay, just looked at it in Daves BBLTYB and it sounds great, you only need the honey and brown sugar....corner shop job...

I am biased mind you as I love a Chimay from Te*co

Garth, (or anyone else) have you tried to propagate the yeast from the bottles of Chimay
I bought a couple of bottles today with the intent of trying to rescue the yeast from them I was hoping to use it to brew my Christmas ale next week

[Garth]

never tried but it is on my 'to do' list, tubby, do you like Trappist Dubbel and Duvel also?

I don't know whether it's the real yeast they use for fermentation or some other strain developed for conditioning, I would check first as I have heard the conditioning yeast will produce different, possibily 'minging' beer.

Give it a go, hey, you still get to 'drink the tops' as good 'ole Dave Line would say

I know a bloke from Durham brewery and he asked me if I'd ever tried to grow some yeast from one their bottles, they don't use a different yeast, apparently it's dried Nottingham, simply rehydrated and pitched (in slightly bigger quantities than I do I expect)