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Union Jack

Union Jack

Special/Best/Premium Bitter • All Grain • 5.5 gal

brwmstr3

Alc. content calculates higher than recommended but allows for a lower eff. rate .

December 14, 2006 pm 04:29pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5.5 gal)

  • 5.6 lbs American 2-row

    American 2-row

    Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt

  • 1.3 lbs American Caramel 40°L

    American Caramel 40°L

    Provides color, a unique flavor, body, and contributes to foam retention and beer stability.

  • 1 lbs Belgian Cara-Pils

    Belgian Cara-Pils

    Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.

  • .75 lbs Midwest Wheat Malt

    Midwest Wheat Malt

    Light flavor and creamy head. For American weizenbier, weissbier and dunkelweiss.

  • 1 lbs Lyle's Golden Syrup

    Lyle's Golden Syrup

    Increases alcohol without flavor. Liquid invert sugar.

  • .35 oz Phoenix - 10.0 AA% pellets; boiled 70 min

    Phoenix

    Attractive English aroma with high alpha-acid. excellent.

  • .6 oz East Kent Goldings - 5.4 AA% pellets; boiled 50 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • Wyeast 1187 Ringwood Ale™

    Wyeast 1187 Ringwood Ale™

    Notorious Yeast of European origin with unique fermentation and flavor charateristics. Distinct fruit ester and high flocculation provide a malty complex profile, which clears well. Thorough diacetyl rest is recommended after fermentation is complete.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 8 - English Pale Ale

Subcategory: B - Special/Best/Premium Bitter

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.047 1.040 - 1.048
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 1.008 - 1.012
Color: 11.8 SRM 5 - 16
Alcohol: 4.8% ABV 3.8% - 4.6%
Bitterness: 31.2 IBU 25 - 40

Discussion

brwmstr3

experimental yeast

2007-01-13 11:58am

yeast was a blend of: dregs from a bottle of Luciernaga; Jolly Pumkin Ales and Wyeast Ringwood Ale and 1 teaspoon of a dry european brewers yeast (the type used for health food). The beer has been in bottles for a week. When I tasted the beer today it has taken on the caracteristics of the Belgian origan yeast: smells fruity with a slight sourness that is not objectionable but has the sour taste of the Belgian style Luciernaga beer. The malt flavour is light and the beer is light on the palat as the combo yeast really attenuated this beer much quicker than I anticipated, my final gravity was 1.005, my O.G. was 1.048. I think if someone was to just use the Ringwood Ale or maybe WLP041 Pacific Ale Yeast you will have a more true to style beer with a medium maltier body. But I do like to experiment.

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