bishop's tipple recipe
V. late I know but..
Stumbled across this post and reminded me there was a nice story in my local paper about Bishops Tipple. Apparently Wadworth are doing the old recipe under the name of Old Father timer. So intrigued by the story I bought some take-away from my local Wadworth pub. Have to say I didn't like the Old Father Timer at all, too sweet for my taste. I much prefer the current Bishops Tipple even if it's not true to the original. The bottled version is 6.5%, therefore I presume the cask version is probably diluted.
I am afraid I'm not much help as to what's in old father timer, or, whether it really is true to the original as I've never brewed anything like it, if I did I'd probably want to chuck it
Maybe someone else could sample a bottle and offer more advice.
Here's the article anyway:-
link
Hope my taste buds are still intact at 92
Stumbled across this post and reminded me there was a nice story in my local paper about Bishops Tipple. Apparently Wadworth are doing the old recipe under the name of Old Father timer. So intrigued by the story I bought some take-away from my local Wadworth pub. Have to say I didn't like the Old Father Timer at all, too sweet for my taste. I much prefer the current Bishops Tipple even if it's not true to the original. The bottled version is 6.5%, therefore I presume the cask version is probably diluted.
I am afraid I'm not much help as to what's in old father timer, or, whether it really is true to the original as I've never brewed anything like it, if I did I'd probably want to chuck it
Maybe someone else could sample a bottle and offer more advice.Here's the article anyway:-
link
Hope my taste buds are still intact at 92
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eddetchon
yeah that's a nice story and thanks for posting it. at least it confirms that what is now bishop's tipple is nothing like the original - though as you say, maybe better to some people's tastes. certainly, the disjunction between the current listed recipe (pale malt/sugar) and dave line's (pale, loads of crystal, a touch of black, invert sugar) would have suggested quite different brews. i'll probably still have a crack at it early next year when the weather is warmish (20C is about all we get in summer in wellington, perfect for ale brewing I think), and by winter it'll be drinking really nicely.....though i am aware someone else posted that their's went off real quick. but my bottle conditioned strong ales don't ever seem to have that issue (i'm not a kegger/casker).
Definitely need a second opinion on the Old Father Timer. Either it's not to my taste and true to the original, or, it's just crap. They state the ingredients on their website like all their other beers. How do they compare with the other BT recipes?
Definitely give it a go though, I'd go for the most recent BT version
Definitely give it a go though, I'd go for the most recent BT version
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SteveD
Beer appreciation is highly subjective. What is nectar to one person is putrid filth to the next, so it's very difficult to draw any firm conclusions from opinions - after all, everybody's got one of those! Bishops Tipple had a hell of a reputation, which would partly have been built on the fact that it was a rarity. A cask ale when there weren't that many around, particularly compared to now, and one at about 6.5%abv to boot!!mooj wrote:Definitely need a second opinion on the Old Father Timer. Either it's not to my taste and true to the original, or, it's just crap. They state the ingredients on their website like all their other beers. How do they compare with the other BT recipes?
Definitely give it a go though, I'd go for the most recent BT version
I drank quite a bit of it, about 25 years ago, and it was lovely. I've not had the newer changed version, or indeed the Wadworths remake. The original brewer was Gibbs Mew. From what I remember of the taste, Dave Line's recipe appears close to the mark.
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Another late comer to this thread. Bishops tipple was the first (and last) all grain recipe My Father In Law brewed, He had got into kit brewing, and because the In laws had helped out so much when we were first married I decided to buy him BBLTYB and Grahams Homebrewing, and an All grain Starter kit, Including boiler etc. So one freezing cold boxing day on the east coast (Any further east and you get wet feet!) we set about brewing the BT.
One long brew day later we put 22.5L to bed in a warm fermenter, and he dealt with it after that. I remember going down in the February and sampling it, absolutely divine, a cracking beer, whether its close to the original I can't say but it is one fine beer.
One long brew day later we put 22.5L to bed in a warm fermenter, and he dealt with it after that. I remember going down in the February and sampling it, absolutely divine, a cracking beer, whether its close to the original I can't say but it is one fine beer.