JW Lees Harvest Ale clone recipe?

[seymour]

Anyone have a tried-and-true JW Lees Harvest Ale clone recipe?

[seymour]

BUMP.

Really, no one? I've since read the grainbill is 100% Maris Otter, does anyone know for sure?

[ArmChair]

I can only find the bitter and moonraker, and they are in grahams real ale book

[Eadweard]

BUMP.

Really, no one? I've since read the grainbill is 100% Maris Otter, does anyone know for sure?

I seem to remember seeing it's all MO and Goldings, but I can't remember where.

EDIT: Found it: http://www.insidebeer.com/articles/20121024_1

[seymour]

I seem to remember seeing it's all MO and Goldings, but I can't remember where.

EDIT: Found it: http://www.insidebeer.com/articles/20121024_1

Ah, good, thank you. But look at that picture of a dark brown beer next to the claim "...Maris Otter pale malt and combined its wort with East Kent Golding hops, as simple an ale recipe as you can muster..."



Do you think the prescribed 3 hour boil would produce the caramelized colour alone, or do you think they add brewer's caramel syrup? I have the same question about JW Lees Moonraker which makes the same 100% MO claim but is dark in colour. I love dark ales as much as the next guy, but why do English breweries add caramel colourant AND boast about 100% pale malt? It seems odd to have it both ways, y'know?