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Hey guys I have just discovered the wonderful world of all grain brewing it is fantastic I have also disovered a new beer called colonial small ale has anyone got a recipe for this style of beer it is bursting with freshness has a beautiful hop selection which I love but dont know what type it is can anyone help
kind regards Steve
 
Yeah it's great isn't it? It's the best tasting mid strength beer I've had. Love the open-top cans as well.

My guess on the malt bill:

pale ale malt (80%)
medium or light crystal malt (5%)
malted wheat (15%)

Hops, not sure but I think the late hop flavour is ella?
 
pat_00 said:
Yeah it's great isn't it? It's the best tasting mid strength beer I've had. Love the open-top cans as well.

My guess on the malt bill:

pale ale malt (80%)
medium or light crystal malt (5%)
malted wheat (15%)

Hops, not sure but I think the late hop flavour is ella?
tahnks heaps mate I might give it a crack!!
 
Is this a particular beer you are trying to clone or more a style? Brewery if the former?
 
Is this a particular beer you are trying to clone or more a style? Brewery if the former?
It's a particular beer. The brewer is Colonial and the beer is called Small Ale. It's a 3.5%er.
 
At a tasting one of the sales people from Colonial , kindly told me the ingredients (but alas not the recipe!)
ABV: 3.5%
Malts: Marris Otter / Munich / Wheat / Caramunich / Crystal
Hops: Centennial / Cascade / Columbus / Chinook / Citra
IBU: 22
Colonial Small.jpg



My recipe from this is as follows:
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Still in the fermenter cold crashing, but early sample is quite tasty, even if it does not have as much pine flavour as the original.
 
Afraid not. I was only really interested in the Small Ale and thought that I was pushing my luck asking for that!
 
Hi Andy, I used US-05 in my recipe, am not sure what Colonial actually use though. My recipe lacked a bit of the fruity flavour compared to the original, so when I redo, I will be adding some Citra at the whirlpool stage and upping the amount in the dry hop.
 
Thanks Jason,

I brewed a batch a couple weeks ago (based on your recipe). It’s close, very close, but I agree, just needs a bit more fruit in it. Am brewing again this weekend because the first batch didn’t last two weeks!
 
how is the recipe going, can you please let me know any adjustments to improve it?
 
Also hoping to follow up everyone’s experience with this recipe , did you manage to tweak the recipe to get closer to the CSA Jason ?
 
Is it a recognized style?

It looks to me like an ordinary bitter with new world hops, I would think an English ale yeast will help
 
I have made a few changes to my recipe and have departed from the Colonial malts a bit by adding some rye. The hop profile now seems about right and it tastes pretty damn good and is fairly close to the original (at least according to a few mates).
Latest recipe:
Guten
75% efficiency
Batch Volume: 26 L
Boil Time: 60 min



Vitals
Original Gravity: 1.036
Final Gravity (Fixed): 1.009
IBU (Tinseth): 32
Colour: 13 EBC


Mash

Mash In — 66.7 °C75 min
Mash Out — 75.6 °C10 min
Malts (4.13 kg)
1.74 kg (42.1%) — Maris Otter Pale Malt, Maris Otter — Grain — 5.9 EBC
760 g (18.4%) — Barrett Burston Wheat Malt (Barrett Burston) — Grain — 3 EBC
650 g (15.7%) — Weyermann Rye Malt — Grain — 5.9 EBC
540 g (13.1%) — Weyermann Munich I (Weyermann) — Grain — 14 EBC
220 g (5.3%) — Weyermann Caramunich I (Weyermann) — Grain — 101 EBC
220 g (5.3%) — Gladfield Light Crystal Malt — Grain — 63 EBC
Hops (185 g)
10 g (11 IBU) — Chinook 13% — Boil — 30 min
9 g
(12 IBU) — Columbus (Tomahawk) 16.1% — Boil — 30 min
12 g
(4 IBU) — Centennial 10.8% — Boil — 5 min
23 g
(1 IBU) — Cascade 6% — Aroma — 10 min hopstand @ 80 °C
22 g
(2 IBU) — Centennial 10% — Aroma — 10 min hopstand @ 80 °C
20 g
(2 IBU) — Citra 12% — Aroma — 10 min hopstand @ 80 °C
11 g
(1 IBU) — Chinook 13% — Aroma — 10 min hopstand @ 80 °C
38 g
— Citra 12% — Dry Hop — 6 days
23 g
— Centennial 10.8% — Dry Hop — 6 days
17 g
— Cascade 6% — Dry Hop — 6 days

Hopstand at 80 °C
Miscs
2.72 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Mash
1.46 g
— Epsom Salt (MgSO4) — Mash
2.77 g
— Gypsum (CaSO4) — Mash
2 ml
— Lactic Acid 80% — Mash
2.88 g
— Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Sparge
1.54 g
— Epsom Salt (MgSO4) — Sparge
2.93 g
— Gypsum (CaSO4) — Sparge
 
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