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This is my house ale


Maris Otter 5.5kg (pale base malt)
Chocolate malt 200g
Crystal malt 350g
Carapils malt 250g
60 min hops (at the start of the boil)
27 g Syrian Goldings hops
25grm Fuggles hops
15 min hops (15 mins before the end of the 60 min boil)
30 g Fuggles hops
30 g Syrian Goldings hops
1 whirfloc tab ( drags nasties out of suspension making clear ale)
25 g Fuggles 0 mins (at the rest period after the boil)
Yeast S04
Also i dry hop an ounce of fuggles hops to the keg for aroma

I hope this makes sense to someone!

The title doesn't... but it's a beer recipe is it not?

Yup, i think most of them will be different types of hops and malts

Tho the min things throw me.

Otter , chocolate , goldings and fuggles (do what?)..... well I am stumped!

I actually thought it was spam until I saw that the OP had said hello on another thread!

Sorry guys i did an edit, hope it clears things up a bit, feel free to ask any questions if i haven't

Well, I suppose it would make sense to somebody who regularly makes their own beer - but I feel a bit befuggled!

Firstly i steep the grains at between 66-68 degree C for 60 mins to extract the sugar from the grains. Then (sparge) separate the spent grains from the sugary water (wort). The wort is then added to a boiler and brought to the boil then i add the first hops (the bittering hops) this is then boiled for 45 mins. Then i add the second addition hops (flavoring hops) and a whirfloc tablet to aid in producing clear beer and it's boiled for another 15 mins. Then i turn off the boiler and add the aroma hops. It's left to settle for 30 mins and then the wort cooled and separated from the hops into a sterilized fermenter. I then add the yeast and put the fermenter in a temp controlled insulated box where it's kept between 18 and 20 degrees C for 10 days. It's then transfered to a keg and force carbonated and left to condition for at least two weeks. Then the fun starts

Here's a link with pics from an old brew, the set up is slightly different now but the whole process is the same, hope this helps somebody as i'm very slow at typing and thi took ages

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/alexander ... FatNoseAle

ina wrote:Well, I suppose it would make sense to somebody who regularly makes their own beer - but I feel a bit befuggled!

Thank you AT - good instructions.