Half way through this,
TOP clone #3b
Colour is not as red as i wanted, more a brown, so hopefully something magical occurs to correct this, otherwise i'll need to tweak this further.
Recipe i went with is:
Dirty Ol' *******, TOP clone #3b - Old Ale
Vol = 24L (est. for 80% efficiency)
OG = 1.060
FG = 1.017
IBU = 35
EBC = 47
Alc% = 6.0
5.41kg (90.2%) TFFMMO
0.36 kg (6%) Simpson's Med Crystal
0.18kg (3%) Simspon's Roasted Barley
0.05kg (0.8%) Wey Acidulated
20g each of Fuggles & Challenger @ FWH
15g each of Fuggles & Challenger @ 20mins (cube-hopped)
2.8g CaCl2, 1.4g CaSO4, 1.0 MgSO4 into Mash
2.2g CaCl2, 1.1g CaSO4, 0.8g MgSO4, 0.3g Citric acid into Sparge
1g CaCl2, 0.5g CaSO4, 0.5g MgSO4 into Boil
(for Melbourne water)
Yeast nutrient & Irish Moss in at 10mins
55/65/72/78 for 5/70/30/2
Mash = 20L
Sparge= 16L
Yeast = 1469 - courtesy of Mardoo, Thanks v much!!!
Drew off 4.2L of first running and boiled down to ~0.5-1L to caramelise. Currently looking like thick, dark LME
The plan is basically just to do this simple recipe, see how it compares to the original, then tweak it to get closer.
Already, given the initial colour, i'd wonder if the Crystal should be Light rather than Med; but we'll see how it turns out.