Malty Sweet English Ale - How Do I Get That Flavor?

[THE DRUNK ARAB]

I trialled melanoidin in my Landlord initially and wasnt overly impressed.

I think you are better of using a good english base malt, the floor malted fawcetts stuff is to die for.

Could not agree more Dr S.

Leave the melanoidin malt out of the English style beers.

C&B
TDA

 

[dave_h]

Bag em in a bit of voile or muslin. However if you can get one of these, they are great for dry hopping using one plug, and will squeeze into a corny and sit next to pickup tube leaking goodness with every pint. The three inch variety, whatever that is in metric, not the golf ball size, will take a plug.

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Probably need to go online as they don't seem to be available locally, but try Asian stores.

Was looking for something similar to the tea ball as im falling in love with keg hopping but I think ive found something even better.


http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Stainless-Steel-300-Micron-Dry-Hopper-For-Kegs/32376063269.html


or

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Stainless-Steel-Hop-Steeper-Herb-Ball-dry-hopping-home-brew/32308610580.html

 

[Coodgee]

This is a recipe I have cooked up tonight for the style we are discussing here. Thinking of trying out the grainfather that I am about to get with this. Would love to hear people's thoughts. Also I am really interested in how people would treat Brisbane water to achieve this style.

3.50 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.6 EBC)
0.20 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (118.2 EBC)
0.15 kg Chocolate Malt (886.5 EBC)
0.10 kg Biscuit Malt (45.3 EBC)

20.00 g Fuggles [7.10 %] - Boil 60.0 min 15 IBU
20.00 g Fuggles [7.10 %] - Boil 20.0 min 9.1 IBUs
Total 24.1 IBU

English Ale (White Labs #WLP002)

• Target: 1.051 SG)
• Target: 23.00 L

• Primary Fermentation (14.00 days at 19.4 C ending at 19.4 C)

 

[Moad]

Without reading the whole thread... Try 1968 yeast its awesomely malty

 

[Topher]

I had some fresh fullers esb on cask a few months ago and it was mind blowing. Im going to start trying this style soon.

Ive been checking out the podcast archives on The Brewing Network. Lots of good info on this style particularly in "can you brew it". Fullers, Youngs, Hobgoblin etc all have an episode or two.

The actual head brewers run through everything from Malts, mash profile, hops, ferment and post ferment conditioning/packaging. Also water profiles.