Little Creatures Bright Ale

[Hatchy]

I'll be doing a batch of this next brewday. Has everyone else used the hop schedule from the original recipe or bumped up the late additions? Has anyone dry hopped it?

 

[beerbog]

I have made that exact recipe above, and found the hops to be be just right for the flavour, but WAY too weak. I am going to make it again, but literally double the hop additions (and adjust boil times to suit, so it doesn't end up too bitter). the right flavour was there, but absolutely not strong enough to match LCBA.

Hi Neill, in what way would you adjust the boil times?

 

[Neill]

hey guys, i just made this again on friday but used the following hop schedule in a 4L boil;

10/10 @45 min

20/20 @ 15 min
20/20 @ 10 min
20/20 @ 5 min

IBU's are about 35-40 IIRC. hopefully it comes out okay. I will report back when it's done in this thread and give my opinion.

 

[theredone]

cold crashing a golden now so i might have to do this one in a week when i have free fermenter. seems to be a bit of hype about it. its either this one or Neill's Cenarillo.... i think thats how u spell it :S

both look so taisty

 

[Neill]

both are good, if we can nail the hop additions on this one it'll be a cracker - for some reason cascade and B-saaz work brilliantly together..... a little bit like centennial and amarillo actually :beer:

 

[theredone]

too many choices.... not enough fermenters.... just found your hallertau bomb too
oh well ill get through them all soon

unrelated topic: how long is the rotten egg smell(sulphor?) supposed to last while fermenting lagers?

 

[theredone]

ok brewing away now. im not a huge fan of real bitter beers so rather than boubling like neil was doing ive just bought a 50g pack of each and and scheduled as follows.

10/10 @ 45
20/20 @ 10
20/20 @ 5

still produced about 30 ibu i think

will update how it goes but im sure its gunna be taisty anyways

oh and the LHBS guy sold me saaz not b saaz. hope it doesnt make too much dif but the pack i have are only 3.2. oh wells should still be aight

 

[Neill]

hey guys, i just made this again on friday but used the following hop schedule in a 4L boil;

10/10 @45 min

20/20 @ 15 min
20/20 @ 10 min
20/20 @ 5 min

IBU's are about 35-40 IIRC. hopefully it comes out okay. I will report back when it's done in this thread and give my opinion.

as promised i have bottled this about 3 weeks ago and it is MUCH better than the original hop schedule. This is very close to bright ale in terms of the hop flavour and aroma. It's solid but not overpowering, very very very good. highly recommended.

 

[Brewman_]

hey guys, i just made this again on friday but used the following hop schedule in a 4L boil;

10/10 @45 min

20/20 @ 15 min
20/20 @ 10 min
20/20 @ 5 min

IBU's are about 35-40 IIRC. hopefully it comes out okay. I will report back when it's done in this thread and give my opinion.

Sorry, probably a silly question, but I don't understand the hop schedule? What is 10/10 and 20/20?
Fear_n_Loath

 

[Hatchy]

10 grams of each hop boiled for that amount of time.

Edit: or 20g of each hop for that amount of time.

 

[skippy]

dex is corn sugar.
Maltodex is corn syrup.

Ridiculously confusing and oddly named but two separate things.

we use Maltodextrose in powdered form at work

 

[Aus_Rider_22]

10 grams of each hop boiled for that amount of time.

Edit: or 20g of each hop for that amount of time.

yep equal amounts of cascade and d saaz

 

[theredone]

ok brewing away now. im not a huge fan of real bitter beers so rather than boubling like neil was doing ive just bought a 50g pack of each and and scheduled as follows.

10/10 @ 45
20/20 @ 10
20/20 @ 5

still produced about 30 ibu i think

will update how it goes but im sure its gunna be taisty anyways

oh and the LHBS guy sold me saaz not b saaz. hope it doesnt make too much dif but the pack i have are only 3.2. oh wells should still be aight

about 2-3 weeks old now and tried one last night. was very nice. leave it for a bit lnger and hopefully it gets even better

 

[Hatchy]

I can't remember when I bottled my batch of this. I'll be having a look tonight & probably drinking some I reckon.

 

[manticle]

we use Maltodextrose in powdered form at work

What is it? Is it maltodextrin or is it a blend of malt and dextrose or something completely different
and what's it used for?