“It is, quite simply, a wonderful beer. It is exceedingly pale (21-22 units colour), with just a hint of colour in its cheeks from the dash of crystal malt. It has a massive orange fruit aroma from the challengers, balanced by biscuity malt. “Juicy malt and tart hops vie for attention in the mouth while [...]
Categories: Brewing
Tagged: AG9, All grain, Challenger, Coniston Bluebird, Northern Brewer
- Published:
- July 26, 2010 – 6:46 pm
- Author:
- By Jo Pettitt
Had an interesting brewday, I followed the recipe in Graham Wheeler’s book. The expected specific gravity reading differed from that of BeerSmith but this may be down to differences in efficiency, I didn’t have enough time to investigate. I added 83g of Torrified Wheat, used caster sugar and not granulated and went for S-04 yeast. [...]
Categories: Brewing
Tagged: AG8, All grain, Brakspear Special
- Published:
- July 20, 2010 – 12:19 pm
- Author:
- By Jo Pettitt
