RecipeDB - Little Creatures Bright Ale Clone

[Malted]

I have recently made 6 batches based on this recipe. 2 batches I subbed the carapils for caramunich 2, 4 batches I have used caramunich 1. In all cases I have subbed Amarillo for the B Saaz. Upped the OG to 1.052 for 4 batches and 1.048 for 2 batches. Noice beer.

 

[Phoney]

I've also subbed the carapils for caraaroma. Turned out a nice copper colour and with a nutty flavour. Delicious.

 

[Camo1234]

Just after some opinions on which yeast to use for which brew... I have a cube of this and also a cube of Tony's Monteiths Original ready to go and have two starters ready... one is 1272 and the other is Ringwood...... I am thinking the 1272 for the LCBA and the Ringwood for the Montieths Original.....

Thoughts?

I do also have another cube of the LCBA so could maybe do a side by side wth the two different yeasts... Although the brews didn't end the same with one siting at 1.048 and the other at 1.038!

 

[Tony]

Do em both with 1272...... save the ringwood for a Mild or a Bitter.

 

[Camo1234]

Do em both with 1272...... save the ringwood for a Mild or a Bitter.

Would the ringwood be terrible in one of them? I was down to two tubes of yeast so built a starter out of both of these so have two starters ready to pitch, 1 of each yeast.... I am away for a few days from tomorrow so was going to pitch them tomorrow morning but if the ringwood won't be any good I can pitch the split the 1272 and build it further and pitch at the end of the week and keep the ringwood for a few weeks till I can brew a mild or just pitch and see what the result is!

 

[Tony]

use the ringwood in the montheiths, it will be fine.

It certainly wont be horrible.

1272 is best used in the LCBA

cheers

 

[citizensnips]

would using some us-05 take away from this beer at all? I couldn't really see how it could but still just interested too see if there are any opinions or thoughts

 

[krausenhaus]

would using some us-05 take away from this beer at all? I couldn't really see how it could but still just interested too see if there are any opinions or thoughts

I did it with US-05 and it was ******* tops.

 

[paulmclaren11]

Just carbing up my second batch of this beer, the first was a belter.

Made this more of a session beer at about 3.8% and early tastes are great!

Nice hop flavour (dry hopped this one in addition to the flame out), smooth and light with nice malty finish - not watery like I was a thinking it might be.

Will be a ripper on a hot day.

Cheers again Tony.

 

[scottc1178]

I did this as my first AG brew.
just having my first glass now.
it was a screaming success.
it tastes virtually identical to LCBA.
Tony you're a king among men.

 

[citizensnips]

Yeah I've just tasted mine out of the fermenter and it was pretty much dead on to a lcba, good enough to drink then and there!
Cheers tony

 

[peterl1981]

anyone have this recipe in beersmith file?

 

[nathanvonbeerenstein]

hey all, anyone got an ideal water profile for this ripper? using melbourne water and beersmith for the adittion calc's

 

[pk.sax]

Should be fine as is.
if anything, add a little.CaCl for a small calcium boost and showcase the malt character.

 

[Bradbel]

Hi guys and Tony,

I'm new to brewing and have just moved from malt extract to partial.
Can anyone point out Tony's original LCBA recipe for me please.

 

[seamad]

http://aussiehomebrewer.com/recipe/301-little-creatures-bright-ale-clone/

 

[Bradbel]

Many thanks!

 

[Denobrew]

Ho guys. I'm brewing this tomorrow for the second time and was wondering if anyone has used Cascade and Citra in this recipe? I'm sticking to the original recipe, I thought I'd mix it up a bit as I have heaps of citra. Any feedback would be welcomed. I also have heaps of Amarillo so I'm open to changing the Cascade to Amarillo?

 

[tj2204]

Ho guys. I'm brewing this tomorrow for the second time and was wondering if anyone has used Cascade and Citra in this recipe? I'm sticking to the original recipe, I thought I'd mix it up a bit as I have heaps of citra. Any feedback would be welcomed. I also have heaps of Amarillo so I'm open to changing the Cascade to Amarillo?

What hop schedule did you end up going with?

 

[Denobrew]

I went like this for a total of 28 IBU's


22.36 g

Cascade [7.00 %] - Boil 45.0 min

Hop

5

6.1 IBUs

10.37 g

Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 45.0 min

Hop

6

4.8 IBUs

30.03 g

Cascade [7.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min

Hop

7

5.4 IBUs

17.66 g

Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min

Hop

8

5.4 IBUs

0.89 Items

Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins)

Fining

9

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Steeped Hops

Amt

Name

Type

#

%/IBU

46.00 g

Cascade [7.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min

Hop

10

2.5 IBUs

43.32 g

Citra [12.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min

Hop

11

4.0 IBUs

A bit higher than I was aiming for. I'm still trying to figure out zero minute additions in BS and I adjusted the recipe to 'steep/whirlpool 10 min' after it was done. I cubed 23 liters and ended up with 42 liters in the fermenter. It was my first brew using my new system, which turns out the 80 liter pot I was sold is only 70 liters, so my numbers are all over the place.