Last made this one, "Dave Line" style, mashing with a bag suspended within a 5 Gallon brew bin - no insulation - water at 70c aiming for a mash temperature of 66c for 2 hours.
Grain;
10Lb mild ale malt
1/2 Lb black malt
1 Lb roast barley
2 Lb flaked barley
With a total lack of finesse I would have sparged with boiling water from a kettle to collect 5 Gallons of 'stuff'.
Hops;
3 Oz Northdown
1 Oz Challenger
Nice old boil in an old brew bin with a kettle element and cobbled together simmer-stat for 2 and a half hours then flash cool (yeah, I know pretty suave for the mid-eighties!) and top up to 5 Gallons.
OG was usually 1.045.
I know I can probably improve the mash, but how does the OG I was getting compare with a 'more up to date' approach?
My memory of this brew was that it was bloody good, only differing from the real thing by way of a slightly darker head on the pint.
What sort of prices am I likely to pay for the grain and hops to make this, in general, these days? I don't (yet) have any itention of buying in bulk.
Any pointers for the recipe in order to scale down to 4 Gallons final quantity?
Grain;
10Lb mild ale malt
1/2 Lb black malt
1 Lb roast barley
2 Lb flaked barley
With a total lack of finesse I would have sparged with boiling water from a kettle to collect 5 Gallons of 'stuff'.
Hops;
3 Oz Northdown
1 Oz Challenger
Nice old boil in an old brew bin with a kettle element and cobbled together simmer-stat for 2 and a half hours then flash cool (yeah, I know pretty suave for the mid-eighties!) and top up to 5 Gallons.
OG was usually 1.045.
I know I can probably improve the mash, but how does the OG I was getting compare with a 'more up to date' approach?
My memory of this brew was that it was bloody good, only differing from the real thing by way of a slightly darker head on the pint.
What sort of prices am I likely to pay for the grain and hops to make this, in general, these days? I don't (yet) have any itention of buying in bulk.
Any pointers for the recipe in order to scale down to 4 Gallons final quantity?
