colonial small ale recipe

[lashingsofcoldlager]

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

 

[pat_00]

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?

 

[lashingsofcoldlager]

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!!

 

[lashingsofcoldlager]

tahnks heaps mate I might give it a crack!!

Thanks heaps champ I will give it a crack!

 

[Killer Brew]

Is this a particular beer you are trying to clone or more a style? Brewery if the former?

 

[BKBrews]

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.

 

[AaronYoung]

Thanks heaps champ I will give it a crack!

Hey mate, how'd you go with the small ale clone?

 

[Ronwales]

How did u go? Would love to trythis recipe

 

[JasonS]

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

My recipe from this is as follows:

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.

 

[Brenden S]

Did you happen to get any more of those pics for their other beers?

 

[JasonS]

Afraid not. I was only really interested in the Small Ale and thought that I was pushing my luck asking for that!

 

[miner_richie]

Hi Jason,

What yeast did you use?

Thanks,
Andy

 

[JasonS]

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.

 

[miner_richie]

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!

 

[oshe]

how is the recipe going, can you please let me know any adjustments to improve it?

 

[redlegger]

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 ?

 

[Sidney Harbour-Bridge]

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

 

[miner_richie]

Adding more Citra helped. Made some changes to my water too which made it better

 

[JasonS]

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 °C — 75 min
Mash Out — 75.6 °C — 10 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

 

[Brenden S]

Awesome, thanks for sharing