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Hi all,
I drank a lot of beers while in Edinburgh recently and while many were superb, there was something very lucious about being poured a Caledonia 80/- through a hand pump (beer engine) with a tight sparkler on the end. I think it is a combination of the beer and the pour that makes it work, because I tried Caledonia 80/- off a draught pour in a different pub (Mary's Last Drop) and it was bad - the cream was gone, it was too cold, it was obviously gassed and had therefore had more emphasis on bitterness and less on malt.
So anyway, I have a beer engine and I have all the Angram sparklers I need to find the right pour. Its a 1/4 pint pull and its water jacketted so I can pour 10C beer during the summer months and still not have it get to 36C in the pump on a hot day.
Anyway, I want to brew an all grain beer that gets close to the Caledonia 80/- (about 4% ABV). The notes I'm looking for are the cream, the gentle hop finish, slight toffee, malty profile. Great, thick, head retension.
I've already have some Wyeast 1728 Scottish Ale.
I'm really not sure where to go with the malts and what will bring me that cream.
I got these numbers off a brew blog, but modified them a bit to lighten the wort to a more reddish finish..
Pale 3500g
Crystal 750g
Wheat 200g
Chocolate 50g
Roasted Barley 20g
60min, 10 min additions
Fuggles 40g 10g
Goldings 40g 10g
What do you think? I have Thomas Fawcett's Floor Malted Halcyon which is a brilliant malt, so I plan to use that as my base malt. I hope with that amount that I should get a thorough maltiness, but I'm still unsure about the head. Cooling at the
end will be important to precipitate proteins, as will removing trub/oils I imagine.
Does anyone have any advice? I'm really scratching around for ideas!!
can anyone help?
cheers,
Kieran
I drank a lot of beers while in Edinburgh recently and while many were superb, there was something very lucious about being poured a Caledonia 80/- through a hand pump (beer engine) with a tight sparkler on the end. I think it is a combination of the beer and the pour that makes it work, because I tried Caledonia 80/- off a draught pour in a different pub (Mary's Last Drop) and it was bad - the cream was gone, it was too cold, it was obviously gassed and had therefore had more emphasis on bitterness and less on malt.
So anyway, I have a beer engine and I have all the Angram sparklers I need to find the right pour. Its a 1/4 pint pull and its water jacketted so I can pour 10C beer during the summer months and still not have it get to 36C in the pump on a hot day.
Anyway, I want to brew an all grain beer that gets close to the Caledonia 80/- (about 4% ABV). The notes I'm looking for are the cream, the gentle hop finish, slight toffee, malty profile. Great, thick, head retension.
I've already have some Wyeast 1728 Scottish Ale.
I'm really not sure where to go with the malts and what will bring me that cream.
I got these numbers off a brew blog, but modified them a bit to lighten the wort to a more reddish finish..
Pale 3500g
Crystal 750g
Wheat 200g
Chocolate 50g
Roasted Barley 20g
60min, 10 min additions
Fuggles 40g 10g
Goldings 40g 10g
What do you think? I have Thomas Fawcett's Floor Malted Halcyon which is a brilliant malt, so I plan to use that as my base malt. I hope with that amount that I should get a thorough maltiness, but I'm still unsure about the head. Cooling at the
end will be important to precipitate proteins, as will removing trub/oils I imagine.
Does anyone have any advice? I'm really scratching around for ideas!!
can anyone help?
cheers,
Kieran