RecipeDB - Little Creatures Bright Ale Clone

[Logman]

I did two cubes of this one today - slight alteration to the hops as I was short on Cascade without opening another kilo pack and didn't have time to vacuum seal etc. Fantastic looking wort, finished at 1047. I used 90g of B Saaz, 40g of Cascade and 22g of Amarillo - first time I've brewed with B Saaz so looking forward to tasting. :icon_cheers:

 

[Tony]

I recon it will be great.

I have made it before using B Saaz and amarillo and the spicy passion fruit was a great mod.

Let us know how it goes!

Cheers

 

[Logman]

Its scary how easy this is to drink!

Hmmm, tasting this while transferring to secondary I see the warning is not to be taken lightly . But it's just what I'm looking for, a really easy drinker, that's what I was scouring the DB for. Can see myself rotating LCBA and LFPA on one of my taps permanently.

 

[Logman]

I recon it will be great.

I have made it before using B Saaz and amarillo and the spicy passion fruit was a great mod.

Let us know how it goes!

Cheers

90g of B Saaz, 40g of Cascade and 22g of Amarillo for 42 litres.

6 weeks since it went in the fermenter. I did a few stubbies as well as kegs and trying a stubbie atm. I think it's even easier to drink than LCBA, pretty much tipping it straight down the gullet. It's going to be a real summer thirst quencher and that's what I wanted. I'll try with no Amarillo next time.

Thanks mate, nice recipe. :icon_cheers:

 

[Tony]

not a problem

But as i have said before...... i take no credit for the recipe, i just replicated the original, with a touch more hops.

 

[thedragon]

Can't believe that I waited so long to make this. Cracked one open tonight after just 4 weeks bottle conditioning. Brilliant. It's not going to last long. Will make another batch of this ASAP and put it away for 6 months.

Thanks Tony.

 

[mckenry]

Can't believe that I waited so long to make this. Cracked one open tonight after just 4 weeks bottle conditioning. Brilliant. It's not going to last long. Will make another batch of this ASAP and put it away for 6 months.

Thanks Tony.

Dont put it away for 6 months! This is a brilliant fresh beer. If you need some in 6 mths time, brew more, when you need it.
Seriously, its better young than old. Its my house beer.

See the pic here

 

[thedragon]

Dont put it away for 6 months! This is a brilliant fresh beer. If you need some in 6 mths time, brew more, when you need it.
Seriously, its better young than old. Its my house beer.

See the pic here

I'll take your word for it, and as you say, it is tasting awesome right now. Brewing Neil's Nelson Sauvin Summer ale this weekend, but will have to put down the bright again when I have a free FV.

Your pics look great. Nice and clear!

 

[maldridge]

This one looks like a must try for me I think. Is there a beersmith file floating round anywhere?

 

[lukasfab]

after reading through all 16 pages yesterday i thought i better go out and try this beer
my local drive through have these at $10 for 2 pint bottles, good deal
great tasting beer, this is next on my brew list!

 

[Phoney]

I'm brewing a variation of this on the weekend but subbing B Saaz with Galaxy - because I've got shitloads of it

 

[Shep14]

Going to do this as my first AG brew tomorrow, heaps pumped!

Went to the homebrew shop this morning and got everything I need except the bloke in the shop had not even heard of B-Saaz. So flying blind and not knowing much about what would be a good substitute I bought some chinook (AAU 11.1%).

I am doing a 23L batch and have 50g each of cascade and chinook. Should I even use the chinook? If its ok what are some suggestions for modifying the hop additions for this brew?

Cheers,
Shep

 

[Tony]

after reading through all 16 pages yesterday i thought i better go out and try this beer
my local drive through have these at $10 for 2 pint bottles, good deal
great tasting beer, this is next on my brew list!

From: Perth

Dude ???

Going to do this as my first AG brew tomorrow, heaps pumped!

Went to the homebrew shop this morning and got everything I need except the bloke in the shop had not even heard of B-Saaz. So flying blind and not knowing much about what would be a good substitute I bought some chinook (AAU 11.1%).

I am doing a 23L batch and have 50g each of cascade and chinook. Should I even use the chinook? If its ok what are some suggestions for modifying the hop additions for this brew?

Cheers,
Shep

It will be fine im sure..... just not the same.

Hope you recalculated the bitterness with the 11.1% Chinook

 

[micblair]

Brewed this one, would be interested to know if less wheat would give me a lighter, less mouth feel brew when compared to the original.r

 

[paulmclaren11]

Drinking this now, ripping drop. Light and easy to drink. Will have this on tap in time for the Perth summer for sure.

Tasted this against the real thing and I preferred this recipe.

Cheers!

 

[thedragon]

Drinking this now, ripping drop. Light and easy to drink. Will have this on tap in time for the Perth summer for sure.

Tasted this against the real thing and I preferred this recipe.

Cheers!

I agree. Compared to Tony's, the original tastes thin, almost like water.

 

[Tony]

Yeah i visited the LC brewery, loved the place, the PA and the cider but was a bit disappointed with the bright...... i prefer the home brewed version too

 

[super_simian]

Went to the homebrew shop this morning and got everything I need except the bloke in the shop had not even heard of B-Saaz.

Did you try asking for Motueka?

 

[lukasfab]

From: Perth

Dude ???



??? are you meaning I'm from Perth and haven't had LCBA, yeah bad I know
I have been here for 2 1/2 yrs and still haven't been to LC

 

[3cl3ctic]

??? are you meaning I'm from Perth and haven't had LCBA, yeah bad I know
I have been here for 2 1/2 yrs and still haven't been to LC

....awkward.....! :blink:

 

[Shep14]

Did you try asking for Motueka?

I ended up tracking down the B-Saaz at a different homebrew shop, so stuck to the original recipe.

Has been in the fermenter now for 4 days, I poured a little bit from the fermenter last night to have a sniff and I was pleasantly surprised with the nice hop aroma. I added the 0min hops as cube hops which seems to have worked nicely. However is this likley to dissipate over time?

 

[Tony]

na it will be fine.

Its not a beer to keep sitting around for a long time, its a drink it fresh while its good beer

cheers

 

[adraine]

I have this Brew in the fermenter now. When is the best to.dry hop? I'm planning to rack to cc after fermentation is complete.

 

[Aydos]

Usually around 5 days. You will notice the krausen start to fall, that's when I generally dry hop.

 

[humulus]

Tony,or anybody else how do you think this would go with N.S. and cascade?? planning to knock this up this weekend...(got some N.S.in the hop freezer i wanna use) :beer:

 

[sponge]

I'd be thinking it would be preeeetty delicious. Aren't they the combo used in Fat Yak? Granted, the body wouldn't be as much as with the FY, but would be well quaffable

 

[humulus]

I'd be thinking it would be preeeetty delicious. Aren't they the combo used in Fat Yak? Granted, the body wouldn't be as much as with the FY, but would be well quaffable

SORTED Sponge booked in for this weekend!!!!!

 

[micblair]

This recipe definitely gets better with age, mine was a a bit more alcoholic than the original (probably needed to sparge more or gravity correct to account for the BM's good mash efficiencies). That being said I recently brewed a NS lager, so now the LCBA is sitting at 11C in the keezer/fermenter while my 2 x 23L batches ferment. Hopefully the remaining beer hasn't spoiled by the time I lager 'cos the corny is still pretty full. :mellow: If not, will try this recipe again with less wheat and/or a lower mash temperature to try and nail the correct amount of mouthfeel as with the original.

 

[Tony]

I'd be thinking it would be preeeetty delicious.

Agreed!

 

[pk.sax]

Tony, I've used your recipe malt base so many times with tweaks to suit what beer I'm going for. Made an IPA with cascade and generous NS teaball hop in the keg. Delicious. Especially after some maturing. Even used this malt bill with galaxy. This is just an overall great malt combination. Replaced Vienna with Munich for an IPA, halved the vienna and replaced with more wheat when I did a galaxy ale. Sometimes I swap the carapils with darker crystal to get more colour.