Buxton Brewery - Axe Edge

[Clibit]

I'm a big fan of Thornbridge too, but I think Buxton may be out-doing them a little. Perhaps it's a matter of scale, Thornbridge are brewing on a much larger scale, I suspect, for a wider market now. All great beer though.

[Skittlebrau]

I think Buxton probably do outdo Thornbridge in terms of the ratio of good beers to brilliant ones. And Buxton probably produce THE best bottled beers going - for hopheads at least.

[danwlx]

Hi chaps,

I'm going to brew this next weekend and wondered if anyone had any comments on the below? It is based on the recipe suggested by Seymour


OG: 1059
FG: 1015
ABV: 5.8
IBU: 70
Colour: EBC 14
Grainbill:
92% Golden Promise
4% CaraPils/Dextrine Malt
4% Crystal 40L Malt

Bittering Hops:
Warrior 15g First Wort
Warrior 15g - 60 min

Flavour Hops:
Amarillo 10g - 20 min
Nelson Sauvin - 10g - 20 min

Aroma Hops:
Amarillo 15g - 30 min steep
Citra 15g - 30 min steep
Nelson Sauvin - 20g - 30 min steep

Dry Hops:
Amarillo 15g - 5 days
Nelson Sauvin - 15g - 5 days
Citra 30g - 5 days

Yeast: 2 pkts US-05

[seymour]

Well, obviously it looks good to me. Did you end up brewing it last weekend?

[danwlx]

Hi Seymour,

It's being brewed this weekend, my first brew for 6 months. I'm now brewing in an area with high sulphate levels in the water (being pushed even higher by the use of CRS), so have reduced the IBUs from your recipe to try and stop it tasting to harshly bitter.

[seymour]

Bump.

Don't mean to bug you, but just curious if you brewed your Buxton Axe Edge clone, and if so, how it's coming along?

[danwlx]

Hey Seymour!

This has been brewed and went into the bottle at the weekend. The sample tasted very promising! I had trouble siphoning (it was my first time dry hopping 'loose') so I'm not sure if that is why it was so cloudy or whether it was due to only being in the fv for 2 weeks. Once its carbonated and matured a little I'll report back on taste.