WHATS THE DIFFERENCE

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WHATS THE DIFFERENCE

Post by paulg » Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:19 pm

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
ROGER PROTZ REAL ALE DRINKERS ALMANAC & ROGER PROTZ REAL ALE ALMANAC APART FROM PUBLISHER
IS IT JUST A MORE UP TO DATE VERSION AS I SEE THAT NORMANS RECIPES ARE FROM REAL ALE ALMANAC
I HAVE JUST ORDERED REAL ALE DRINKERS ALMANAC AND WONDER IF I NEED TO ORDER THE OTHER ONE AS WELL
THANK YOU PAUL

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Re: WHATS THE DIFFERENCE

Post by GrowlingDogBeer » Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:42 pm

NO NEED TO SHOUT ;)

What are you hoping to get from the book?

The Real Ale Almanacs are just the newer versions of the Real Ale Drinkers Almanacs, but they are all quite old now.

Editions 1 to 3 were called the Real Ale Drinkers Almanac, and editions 4 - 6 were the Real Ale Almanac.

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Re: WHATS THE DIFFERENCE

Post by paulg » Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:30 pm

sorry steve
shouldnt have had caps lock on was doing it in a hurry before goingout
I want to try brewing clones of my old beers I used to drink in the uk I come from near you colchester/ipswich area but now live in greece and would like to use the book to start on a ridleys mild or tolly mild clone so I imagine they may be in my ordered book rada 1989 issue
havent done any ag for about 10 years and am now struggling with suppiers of grains locally only belgian malt available different EBC .cost to ship from uk about 40-45 pounds for upto 30 kg package
regards Paul
thanks for the reply

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Re: WHATS THE DIFFERENCE

Post by GrowlingDogBeer » Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:38 pm

I don't think these books contain any recipes.

Norms recipes are his interpretation of recipes based on the beers that are described in these books.

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Re: WHATS THE DIFFERENCE

Post by paulg » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:00 pm

ok thanks for that I was thinking if the book shows grains and percentages og ibu etc I might be able to use beersmart to concoct something similar to it
never mind I havent found a recipe for adnams mild but did find one giving grain percentages that said rp book was source of info,I will have to wait for it to arrive and then see

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Re: WHATS THE DIFFERENCE

Post by boingy » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:10 pm

The almanac is a bit variable from a recipe point of view. Some beers have almost all the info you need to knock up a similar recipe, others have virtually no info. I think it depended on how much information each brewery was willing to divulge.

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Re: WHATS THE DIFFERENCE

Post by Dr. Dextrin » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:04 pm

And some of the info it does have is probably wrong. Brewers aren't always that truthful about what they put in their beers.

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