Wyeast London Esb

[drsmurto]

Dude, the recipe is your TTLPA clone. Smells and tastes absoloutly fantastic.

Ah, the penny drops. MO + munich?

Checked my data and i had OG 1.046, FG 1.012 but that was with 1469. So 1.015 from 1.050 gives an apparent attenuation of 69% which is right in the middle of the range for this yeast according to the Wyeast website

 

[gibbocore]

hahaha, crisis averted

 

[Dave86]

I just bottled my fiddlers elbow type beer a week ago (first use of 1968) and got about 73% attenuation. 1042 down to 1011, fermented at 19 degrees. I racked as soon as ferment had slowed down after 4 or 5 days in primary, gravity reading 1014 and got it down the three extra points, so was pretty happy with those numbers.

 

[kram]

I just bottled my fiddlers elbow type beer a week ago...

I'd be very interested in seeing this recipe and hearing how it turned out.

 

[Dave86]

Here you go

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Fiddlers Elbow Type
Brewer: Dave
Asst Brewer:
Style: Special/Best/Premium Bitter
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 23.50 L
Boil Size: 31.25 L
Estimated OG: 1.042 SG
Estimated Color: 6.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 25.5 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 67.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
3.50 kg Bairds Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 75.27 %
0.64 kg Wheat Malt, Malt Craft (Joe White) (1.8 SRGrain 13.76 %
0.26 kg Wheat Malt, Dark (Weyermann) (7.0 SRM) Grain 5.59 %
0.21 kg Crystal Wheat (47.6 SRM) Grain 4.52 %
0.04 kg Carawheat (Weyermann) (50.0 SRM) Grain 0.86 %
16.00 gm Northdown [6.90 %] (90 min) Hops 12.7 IBU
15.00 gm Styrian Goldings [5.30 %] (15 min) Hops 3.8 IBU
15.00 gm Northdown [6.90 %] (15 min) Hops 5.5 IBU
15.00 gm Styrian Goldings [5.30 %] (10 min) Hops 2.8 IBU
1 Pkgs London ESB Ale (Wyeast Labs #1968) Yeast-Ale


Can't remember exactly where the basis of the recipe came from as the one I found on jim's beerkit here isn't much like this. I think it may have been the inspiration and I got the crystal wheat and northdown from the wychwood site:

ABV: 4.5%
Bottle: 500ml
Cask: as a seasonal beer only
Hops: Styrian and Northdown
Malts: Pale Wheat and Crystal

The only reason for the different wheat malts and crystal wheat malts is that I was using up some odds and ends. Been in the bottle a week now, going to try it out in a fortnight, can't wait to see how it went :icon_drool2:

 

[kram]

Awesome, thanks. I'm not a real fan (not that i've brewed any) of Normans Real Ale Almanac recipes as they don't match up with what Wychwood says. I'll have a stab at Goliath also one day.

I'll certainly be referring to your recipe when I formulate mine. Let us know how it goes. I've got some 1968 waiting.