I brewed it years ago and I used the yeast from white shield bottles but these days I believe it is not the primary strain. As I'm planning to brew this weekend I might revisit this one using WPL002.Brewedout wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 10:09 pmI was considering the white shield too, a plus side is that I have most of the ingredients too . What yeast did you use?Dennis King wrote:I loved making Feinfoel double dragon but I did make a mistake. The first time I brewed it I brewed a 23lt batch but accidentally wrote down the recipe for 25lt and as it turned out so good I brewed it several times.Others I have really like included Worthington white shield, Burton bridge bridge bitter and like others have said Sarah Hughes ruby mild.
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I was just looking for a brewing book to help me delve into British brews, after spending the last year working on my Hefeweis recipe, and stumbled across this thread.
Which of the GW books would all of you recommend as I am wanting to start with milds and the more malty brews?
This seemed like a good thread for my question, since it appears there are many Wheeler fans here.
Happy brewing all and thank you in advance
Which of the GW books would all of you recommend as I am wanting to start with milds and the more malty brews?
This seemed like a good thread for my question, since it appears there are many Wheeler fans here.
Happy brewing all and thank you in advance
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Camera's Brew Your Own British Real Ale by GW would be a good startMedarius wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 11:33 pmI was just looking for a brewing book to help me delve into British brews, after spending the last year working on my Hefeweis recipe, and stumbled across this thread.
Which of the GW books would all of you recommend as I am wanting to start with milds and the more malty brews?
This seemed like a good thread for my question, since it appears there are many Wheeler fans here.
Happy brewing all and thank you in advance
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Second that, its excellent and has different volumes already worked for each recipe. No yeast suggestions but there is now much more choice than when published, both dry and wet.richard080561 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 11:52 pmCamera's Brew Your Own British Real Ale by GW would be a good startMedarius wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 11:33 pmI was just looking for a brewing book to help me delve into British brews, after spending the last year working on my Hefeweis recipe, and stumbled across this thread.
Which of the GW books would all of you recommend as I am wanting to start with milds and the more malty brews?
This seemed like a good thread for my question, since it appears there are many Wheeler fans here.
Happy brewing all and thank you in advance
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In my case, not for very long; every time I walked past the keg it kept randomly gushing out into a pint glass. When this happened, I would drink it, only to see if I could detect any infection or some such that might cause this you understand, only for it to magically refill itself again and again. Unfortunately, all the ale soon leaked out in this way, so I don't know how well it keeps.
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You guys must have a different GW European beers book to me; mine doesn't have the Nussdorf or Zum Uerige in it!IPA wrote: ↑Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:38 amNussdorf St Thomas and Zum Uerige Alt both cracking beers. If only Graham could have sold the book for the price it is now selling for. RIP Grahamdemig wrote: ↑Sun Feb 03, 2019 8:30 pmSo many to choose from but I had a beer made by another homebrewer recently from the European book. Nussdorf St Thomas, absolutely sublime beer. It was made by someone who is an excellent brewer anyway but it was so good!
From a brief conversation with Graham I know he thought this book was under appreciated and I’d have to agree based on that beer alone. I know he told others similar. It’s nice to know he lives on by his recipes.
The Sarah Hughes mild is a cracker as well from book three.
Mine has a publication date of 1995.
Perhaps someone could be so kind as to put the recipe details up here? Both beers sound good! And I'm supposed to be brewing an "Alt" later this year for one of our HBC challenges.
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Conditioning: English IPA/Bretted English IPA
Drinking: Sunshine Marmalade, Festbier, Helles Bock, Smokey lagery beer, Irish Export StoutCascade APA (homegrown hops), Orval clone, Impy stout, Duvel clone, Conestoga (American Barley wine)
Planning: Dark Mild, Kozel dark (ish), Simmonds Bitter, Bitter, Citra PA and more!
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Cobnut wrote:You guys must have a different GW European beers book to me; mine doesn't have the Nussdorf or Zum Uerige in it!IPA wrote: ↑Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:38 amNussdorf St Thomas and Zum Uerige Alt both cracking beers. If only Graham could have sold the book for the price it is now selling for. RIP Grahamdemig wrote: ↑Sun Feb 03, 2019 8:30 pmSo many to choose from but I had a beer made by another homebrewer recently from the European book. Nussdorf St Thomas, absolutely sublime beer. It was made by someone who is an excellent brewer anyway but it was so good!
From a brief conversation with Graham I know he thought this book was under appreciated and I’d have to agree based on that beer alone. I know he told others similar. It’s nice to know he lives on by his recipes.
The Sarah Hughes mild is a cracker as well from book three.
Mine has a publication date of 1995.
Perhaps someone could be so kind as to put the recipe details up here? Both beers sound good! And I'm supposed to be brewing an "Alt" later this year for one of our HBC challenges.
Just happened to have the St Thomas on my phone so there you go. Think mine is the 97 reprint but would have to check didn’t think it was revised though.
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A word of caution, the most recently published CAMRA book which is apparently by Andy Parker and Graham Wheeler is nowhere near as useful as the above two predecessors. Its focus is on more “modern” British beers. The font is small on coloured paper, which at least for me, makes it much more difficult to read. Some of the recipes are difficult to decipher. It is not entirely clear that all the recipes are for a 20 L batch.
It is : CAMRA's Essential Home Brewing: a pocket guide to creating world beers at home
It is : CAMRA's Essential Home Brewing: a pocket guide to creating world beers at home
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+1 to that, Kingfisher4.Kingfisher4 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 2:35 pmA word of caution, the most recently published CAMRA book which is apparently by Andy Parker and Graham Wheeler is nowhere near as useful as the above two predecessors. Its focus is on more “modern” British beers. The font is small on coloured paper, which at least for me, makes it much more difficult to read. Some of the recipes are difficult to decipher. It is not entirely clear that all the recipes are for a 20 L batch.
It is : CAMRA's Essential Home Brewing: a pocket guide to creating world beers at home
I bought it a while back and, to be honest, am very disappointed with it. The small (?A5) format is fiddly to use, the print size is small and some of the recipes seem entirely barmy.
Eight Arch 'Corbel' for example, use a total of 10 (yes, ten!) hop additions. Says to pitch at 20°C and 'allow to rise in temperature when gravity reaches 1.015'. Doesn't say what to allow the temperature to rise to. The accompanying picture is of a can (yes, a can!) of the beer.
And, unless I've missed it, nowhere does the book say how long the mash should be for these recipes. It states the boil time as 60 minutes, but not the mash time.
A sad legacy for Graham Wheeler. Feels like it's just an attempt to capitalise on his name.
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BrilliantJJSH wrote:In my case, not for very long; every time I walked past the keg it kept randomly gushing out into a pint glass. When this happened, I would drink it, only to see if I could detect any infection or some such that might cause this you understand, only for it to magically refill itself again and again. Unfortunately, all the ale soon leaked out in this way, so I don't know how well it keeps.
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And I’ll third it for exactly the same reason, if you’re into British real ale, it’s a must.Kingfisher4 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:22 amSecond that, its excellent and has different volumes already worked for each recipe. No yeast suggestions but there is now much more choice than when published, both dry and wet.richard080561 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 11:52 pmCamera's Brew Your Own British Real Ale by GW would be a good startMedarius wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 11:33 pmI was just looking for a brewing book to help me delve into British brews, after spending the last year working on my Hefeweis recipe, and stumbled across this thread.
Which of the GW books would all of you recommend as I am wanting to start with milds and the more malty brews?
This seemed like a good thread for my question, since it appears there are many Wheeler fans here.
Happy brewing all and thank you in advance
Have had the book for just over a year now, and have brewed about a dozen recipes.
Again I would say the only thing missing is the yeast choice.
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mine is 1995 and has the Nussdorf but I can't see the Zum Uerige in itCobnut wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 10:01 amYou guys must have a different GW European beers book to me; mine doesn't have the Nussdorf or Zum Uerige in it!IPA wrote: ↑Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:38 amNussdorf St Thomas and Zum Uerige Alt both cracking beers. If only Graham could have sold the book for the price it is now selling for. RIP Grahamdemig wrote: ↑Sun Feb 03, 2019 8:30 pmSo many to choose from but I had a beer made by another homebrewer recently from the European book. Nussdorf St Thomas, absolutely sublime beer. It was made by someone who is an excellent brewer anyway but it was so good!
From a brief conversation with Graham I know he thought this book was under appreciated and I’d have to agree based on that beer alone. I know he told others similar. It’s nice to know he lives on by his recipes.
The Sarah Hughes mild is a cracker as well from book three.
Mine has a publication date of 1995.
Perhaps someone could be so kind as to put the recipe details up here? Both beers sound good! And I'm supposed to be brewing an "Alt" later this year for one of our HBC challenges.
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In mine the Nussdorf is on page 91 and the Zum Uerige is on page 101.richard080561 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 8:23 pmmine is 1995 and has the Nussdorf but I can't see the Zum Uerige in it
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Ah it is there it’s just in the index one Alt bier slips to the following page so it’s easy to overlook!joe1002 wrote:In mine the Nussdorf is on page 91 and the Zum Uerige is on page 101.richard080561 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 8:23 pmmine is 1995 and has the Nussdorf but I can't see the Zum Uerige in it
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What a relief, starting to worry I have the wrong edition slowly working it's way across the Atlanticdemig wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 1:11 amAh it is there it’s just in the index one Alt bier slips to the following page so it’s easy to overlook!joe1002 wrote:In mine the Nussdorf is on page 91 and the Zum Uerige is on page 101.richard080561 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 8:23 pmmine is 1995 and has the Nussdorf but I can't see the Zum Uerige in it