AG43 Session Beer with First Gold

[TheMumbler]

I got some advice on the recipe here, so I am posting up the details of the actual brew. Sorry no pics but I'll do one of the finished beer and some tasting notes.

Brewlength 23l
Predicted OG 1039
Predicted FG 1010
Actual OG 1037

IBU 32 (tinseth)
SRM 10

Grist
2.00 kg Maris Otter
0.50 kg Munich
0.50 kg Flaked Oats
0.50 kg Malted Oats
0.20 kg CaraPils
0.20 kg Crystal

Quantity Hop
30g First Gold (7.5) @ 30 mins
30g First Gold (7.5) @ 15 mins
20g First Gold (7.5) @ 0 mins
20g First Gold (7.5) dry hop

Mauribrew Ale yeast (22*C)

[seymour]

Looks dreamy to me, I'd order several of those in a row, guaranteed. Keep us posted!

[orlando]

I got some advice on the recipe here, so I am posting up the details of the actual brew. Sorry no pics but I'll do one of the finished beer and some tasting notes.

Brewlength 23l
Predicted OG 1039
Predicted FG 1010
Actual OG 1037

IBU 32 (tinseth)
SRM 10

Grist
2.00 kg Maris Otter
0.50 kg Munich
0.50 kg Flaked Oats
0.50 kg Malted Oats
0.20 kg CaraPils
0.20 kg Crystal

Quantity Hop
30g First Gold (7.5) @ 30 mins
30g First Gold (7.5) @ 15 mins
20g First Gold (7.5) @ 0 mins
20g First Gold (7.5) dry hop

Mauribrew Ale yeast (22*C)

Never mind all that (looks lovely by the way), what I want to know is how the hell you've managed to hang on to a beer in a cornie from 31 brews ago

[TheMumbler]

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Never mind all that (looks lovely by the way), what I want to know is how the hell you've managed to hang on to a beer in a cornie from 31 brews ago

I thought that was poor sig management, but no, the oatmeal stout is still in the cellar. I didn't drink it for a while and then just got curious about, what would happen - how long it would stay drinkable etc. It got pushed to the back and I generally forget about it. Could easily enough be vinegar by now.

I have plenty of beer in so there is no pressure to drink it.

[orlando]

there is no pressure to drink it.

Might be none in the cornie . Your a lucky man that can have a cornie that he doesn't really need.

[TheMumbler]

This finished at 1012 so it is around 3.2%. Bearing that in mind I am quite pleased with it, there is a lot of hop flavour there and some malt.The melon notes that Seymour predicted from the Mauribrew combine nicely with First Gold, there is something almost peach like about it. It is very young though so I guess that may die back a touch with time as the yeast settles out a bit more and the hop flavour recedes. I wish I had put some of it in a bag in a box and got to grips with my beer engine as I had originally planned as I suspect this is the kind of beer that benefits from a more cask-like serving method.

I think hop/yeast combination would work nicely with a slightly stronger beer (say 1045 OG) as it is a bit watery as is often the case with low abv pale ales IME. Definitely food for thought in terms of getting a really good session beer though. I might up the munich and/or crystal a little bit if I did it again just to see the effect.