Style Of The Week 10/06/08 - Old Ale

[bullsneck]

this is the beer i made that won gold at AABC. I look at it now and think.... WTF was i thinking but it worked. It tasted like crap for the forst 12 months, but an old ale is all about time and it hit its peak after 2 years in cool dark storage.

strong ale

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (L): 40.00 Wort Size (L): 40.00
Total Grain (kg): 12.90
Anticipated OG: 1.076 Plato: 18.44
Anticipated EBC: 26.8
Anticipated IBU: 44.4
Brewhouse Efficiency: 76 %
Wort Boil Time: 75 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
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77.5 10.00 kg. TF Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt UK 1.037 5
7.8 1.00 kg. TF Caramalt UK 1.034 30
4.7 0.60 kg. TF Crystal UK 1.034 145
3.9 0.50 kg. Demerara Sugar Generic 1.042 2
3.9 0.50 kg. TF Flaked Barley UK 1.034 0
2.3 0.30 kg. JWM Dark Crystal Australia 1.036 230

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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100.00 g. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 5.20 30.6 60 min.
40.00 g. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 5.20 9.4 30 min.
40.00 g. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 5.20 4.4 10 min.
14.00 g. Fuggle Plugs Plug 4.80 0.0 Dry Hop
14.00 g. Northdown Plugs Plug 5.80 0.0 Dry Hop



Yeast
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WYeast 1338 European Ale

What sort of mash regime did you go with here?

 

[Tony]

haha that was many years ago

I expect it was a short protein rest at 52 and then a 60 min rest at 67 deg.

It took a good 12 months of cool storage before it was drinkable... let along wonderful.

I really think the winner for this beer was the TF caramalt that was rated at about 28 ebc i think. It really added this deep seated sweetness that stuck in your mouth once it had aged a couple years.

 

[bullsneck]

Brewed and bottled. I don't know if I can wait 1 month! Forget more than a year? Tasted pretty good in primary. Nice and complex. I subbed the Demerara for Lyle's Golden Syrup and Treacle.

If anyone needs an Old Ale recipe - go this one!

 

[bradmccoy]

If you can get your hands on it, the Hair of the Dog beer called Adam is an old ale from the US. It is probably the best beer I've ever had. There is a clone recipe for that here:

http://www.themadfermentationist.com/2009/05/adambier-hotd-adam-clone.html
http://www.themadfermentationist.com/2011/04/hair-of-dog-adam-clone-tasting.html

Not for beginners (myself included), I'm thinking!

 

[jimboy1]

Bump

This is my current plan, been fiddling with the specialty grains but hopefully this will give it a nice rainsy/dried fruit, biscuity and toffee/caramel profile with lots of malt!

Estimated OG: 1.086
Color: 40.2 EBC
Estimated IBU: 55 IBUs
Boil Time: 45 Minutes

Ingredients:
Extract:
1.00 kg Light Dry Extract (15.8 EBC) Dry Extract 6 16.5 %
4.00 kg Light Dry Extract [Boil for5 min] (15.8 EBC) Dry Extract 8 66.1 %

Grains:
0.30 kg Carared (Weyermann) (47.3 EBC) Grain 1 - 4.9 %
0.30 kg Special B (Dingemans) (290.6 EBC) Grain 2 - 4.9 %
0.20 kg Victory Malt (biscuit) (Briess) (55.2 EBC) Grain 3 - 3.3 %
0.05 kg Chocolate Malt (Thomas Fawcett) (1000.8 EBC) Grain 4 - 0.8 %

Other:
0.30 kg Brown Sugar, Light (15.8 EBC) Sugar 10 5.0 %

Hops:
70.00 g Challenger [7.20 %] - Boil 45.0 min 55.0 IBUs

Yeast:
3.0 pkg Nottingham (Danstar) [23.66 ml]

Will most likely brew in a 60L fermentor just to avoid exploding krausen! Hopefully will be all nice and ready by Christmas.