I brewed a revised ESB with Lyle's Golden Syrup as it was in a clone recipe I had seen for Old Speckled Hen, my favorite by far.
Being very anxious I shaved a few days off of conditioning and carbonation as I just couldn't wait (2.5 weeks cond and 3 days carb). What I poured tasted like unsweetened tea, which is similar to what my first attempt at an ESB tasted like. I'm wondering if it's an overpowering bittering addition.
This is the 5.5 gal partial mash recipe I came up with:
4 lbs Maris Otter
3 lbs MO LME (FO)
1 lb Lyle's Golden Syrup (FO)
1 lb British crystal 70/80
0.5 lb carafoam
1.5 oz EKG (4.5%) @ 70 mins
1 oz EKG @ 21 mins
0.5 oz EKG @ 7 mins
S-04
1.055/1.014
5.4%
34 IBUs
10 SRM
I mashed at 154* for 70 mins and fermented at 64* for 7 days and 75* for another 14 days.
My water (I don't have testing equipment and go off of the yearly water report and use Brewer's Friend advanced water calculator) was adjusted to Ca 83, Mg 19, Na 40, Cl 70, SO 143, pH 5.32.
My first one mellowed a little with time, and so I expect this one too as well, but I'm at a loss for the unsweetened tea-like taste. It's nothing remotely similar to OSH!
Any ideas? I'm guessing there's just too much in the bittering section.
Being very anxious I shaved a few days off of conditioning and carbonation as I just couldn't wait (2.5 weeks cond and 3 days carb). What I poured tasted like unsweetened tea, which is similar to what my first attempt at an ESB tasted like. I'm wondering if it's an overpowering bittering addition.
This is the 5.5 gal partial mash recipe I came up with:
4 lbs Maris Otter
3 lbs MO LME (FO)
1 lb Lyle's Golden Syrup (FO)
1 lb British crystal 70/80
0.5 lb carafoam
1.5 oz EKG (4.5%) @ 70 mins
1 oz EKG @ 21 mins
0.5 oz EKG @ 7 mins
S-04
1.055/1.014
5.4%
34 IBUs
10 SRM
I mashed at 154* for 70 mins and fermented at 64* for 7 days and 75* for another 14 days.
My water (I don't have testing equipment and go off of the yearly water report and use Brewer's Friend advanced water calculator) was adjusted to Ca 83, Mg 19, Na 40, Cl 70, SO 143, pH 5.32.
My first one mellowed a little with time, and so I expect this one too as well, but I'm at a loss for the unsweetened tea-like taste. It's nothing remotely similar to OSH!
Any ideas? I'm guessing there's just too much in the bittering section.