welly2
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So Coopers recipe of the month this month is an ESB based on Adnams Broadside, which I do like. Rather than buy the Coopers kit, I'm going to think about making this into an all grain brew of my own at some point in the next month or so.
The recipe looks like:
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1 x 1.7kg English Bitter
3 x 500g Coopers Light Dry Malt
1 x 25g East Kent Golding (EKG) Hop Pellets
1 x 25g Centennial Hop Pellets
1 x Lallemand Nottingham Yeast Sachet
1 x 250g Coopers Carbonation Drops
In a good sized pot (around 8 litres) bring 500g of Light Dry Malt to the boil in 5 litres of water.
Add the EKG Hop Pellets and boil for 5min.
Then add the Centennial Hop Pellets, remove the pot from the heat, cover and steep for 10mins.
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So would I be right in thinking it's essentially boiling the EKG for 15 minutes and the Centennial for 10? I realise they knock the heat off after 5 minutes of boil.
For the grain, I would be thinking something along these lines for the grains - this is half what I've been reading lately about malts and half a stab in the dark):
90%ish Maris Otter pale malt
6%ish A dark-ish crystal malt (60/80?)
4% Barley or wheat for head retention/body
How would that be for a start?
Not entirely sure about the hop schedule though.
Centennial for 60 minutes - perhaps 25-30g (based on 23L batch)
EKG later on - 30 minutes/15 minutes?
Am I miles off the mark?
Cheers!
The recipe looks like:
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1 x 1.7kg English Bitter
3 x 500g Coopers Light Dry Malt
1 x 25g East Kent Golding (EKG) Hop Pellets
1 x 25g Centennial Hop Pellets
1 x Lallemand Nottingham Yeast Sachet
1 x 250g Coopers Carbonation Drops
In a good sized pot (around 8 litres) bring 500g of Light Dry Malt to the boil in 5 litres of water.
Add the EKG Hop Pellets and boil for 5min.
Then add the Centennial Hop Pellets, remove the pot from the heat, cover and steep for 10mins.
---
So would I be right in thinking it's essentially boiling the EKG for 15 minutes and the Centennial for 10? I realise they knock the heat off after 5 minutes of boil.
For the grain, I would be thinking something along these lines for the grains - this is half what I've been reading lately about malts and half a stab in the dark):
90%ish Maris Otter pale malt
6%ish A dark-ish crystal malt (60/80?)
4% Barley or wheat for head retention/body
How would that be for a start?
Not entirely sure about the hop schedule though.
Centennial for 60 minutes - perhaps 25-30g (based on 23L batch)
EKG later on - 30 minutes/15 minutes?
Am I miles off the mark?
Cheers!