AH, ok the appendix 2 in the book was not that clear, the makes more sensesteve_flack wrote: My understanding is that you can use a blend of pale, munich and the diastatic amber. The reasoning being that the diastatic amber is a bit too dark and makes beers finish a bit too sweet.
Easter Sunday 23.03.08 - Bitter (1880) Simond's of Reading
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oblivious
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SteveD
Cheers, Oggy's Bar.Oggy' Bar wrote:Steve,
Did you give this a 3 hour mash as specified in the Durden park recipe?
Or is 90mins adequate....might give this one a try.
Good luck with the brew shed, sounds like its making rapid progress.
The Bumhole looks to be a cracking pint
Floor should be screeded next week. It's starting to move alnong nicely now.You don't have to mash 3 hrs. That was in the book to mimic historical practice. Forget 30 mins at 77c as well, a straight 90 min mash is fine. The Durden park guys themselves are mashing the normal ammount of time, so there's no reason to go 3hrs+
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SteveD
The previous edition of the Durden Park book (pale yellow cover) had
2.5lb pale malt, 7oz carapils OR 3oz carapils+2oz amber malt, 1oz fuggles or goldings, 0.15ox goldings late. (note, not pale amber. Normal amber malt is much darker than diastatic amber malt)
The most recent edition of the book switched to pale amber malt only, presumably because in the meantime it became available. For the sake of a few EBC colour difference in the considerably smaller proportion of the grist compared to what they think it MIGHT have been....I'll stick with what the later Durden park book suggests
From what I understand pale amber and diastatic amber are one and the same.
2.5lb pale malt, 7oz carapils OR 3oz carapils+2oz amber malt, 1oz fuggles or goldings, 0.15ox goldings late. (note, not pale amber. Normal amber malt is much darker than diastatic amber malt)
The most recent edition of the book switched to pale amber malt only, presumably because in the meantime it became available. For the sake of a few EBC colour difference in the considerably smaller proportion of the grist compared to what they think it MIGHT have been....I'll stick with what the later Durden park book suggests
From what I understand pale amber and diastatic amber are one and the same.