Sadfield
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The book launch is on tonight, so expect pre-ordered book to arrive soon.
New Recipes in CAMRAs Essential Homebrew Book.
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Interesting discussion...what doesn't fall into "real ale" category? Does small batch,micro,better than the mass produced,call it what you like cider or lager classify?
Sadfield
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All the recipes are available as kits from the maltmiller.
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Do you know if they come with liquid yeast or dried?
Sadfield
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As the recipes come from the breweries, I guess it will depend on what they used or suggest.
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Makes sense when you think about it, I suppose!! Not enough caffeine today.
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At least you have an organisation that came up for ale: here we've been stuck for at least half a century on lager. And not the best. I'd love to have a CAMRA here!!
I thought about pre ordering it after talking with Andy about it but I’ve left it for a Xmas or birthday present as it’s an easy one for the member of the family who would normally buy me *****. At least I can know I’ll get something decent.
NB - there are some really good recipes in there. Not very CAMRA to which is nice to see.
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NB - there are some really good recipes in there. Not very CAMRA to which is nice to see.
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Sadfield
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The recipes in the book are mainly dry yeasts (with one recipe having a 75/25% dual pitch), with a number of liquid yeasts. Given the scale and stylistic variance in output of some of the breweries, this is unsurprising. As is that the largest and most technically advanced brewery in there, Thornbridge, recommend a liquid yeast for Chiron.
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Going to give the Big Smoke Underworld Milk Stout kit a go - quite fancy having a milk stout ready for drinking in the colder weather (as mad as that might sound right now!)
Also ordering the Hefe Weiss and Red Brick Rye kits too. Will hit submit in a few hours so I can time delivery for the right day.
Also ordering the Hefe Weiss and Red Brick Rye kits too. Will hit submit in a few hours so I can time delivery for the right day.
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Just ordered from Amazon! Hope it’s the new version
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For those interested, most (possibly all?) of the recipes can be purchased in AG kit form from the Malt Miller:
https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product-category/ingredients/recipes/essential-home-brewing-recipes/
Once I have a few cheaper all grain brews under my belt, I will try the Cheeseburger Cavalry - it's a fantastic beer, bur with the best part of a kilo of hops, the kit is not cheap!
https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product-category/ingredients/recipes/essential-home-brewing-recipes/
Once I have a few cheaper all grain brews under my belt, I will try the Cheeseburger Cavalry - it's a fantastic beer, bur with the best part of a kilo of hops, the kit is not cheap!
An Ankoù
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I got this book because a mate in the UK had tasted a beer called Corbel by a Wimborne brewer and, for him, it was his favourite beer at the the last two beer festivals he had visited.
So, to the recipes: they're all standardised on a 20 litre batch, but the grain bills just don't add up: for Corbel, I would expect to get an OG of 1065 for the amount of pale ale malt specified, but the recipe calls for an OG 0f 1053. This is not consistently low brew house efficiency as the grain bills for some of the recipes look as though they'd be pressed to attain their stated OGs. I wonder if these recipes have actually been brewed!
Has anybody else noticed this?
So, to the recipes: they're all standardised on a 20 litre batch, but the grain bills just don't add up: for Corbel, I would expect to get an OG of 1065 for the amount of pale ale malt specified, but the recipe calls for an OG 0f 1053. This is not consistently low brew house efficiency as the grain bills for some of the recipes look as though they'd be pressed to attain their stated OGs. I wonder if these recipes have actually been brewed!
Has anybody else noticed this?
Oneflewover
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Yeah they do look a bit iffy. Haven't brewed anything from the book yet (mostly use recipes for inspiration these days). In particular my copy has a recipe for Torrside Fire Damage that has about 10 kg malt and an OG of 1051. Clearly a printing error rather than a recipe error, but is indicative of questionable quality control
Sadfield
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On the plus side, unlike many recipe books, the recipes have percentages for the grist, so it isn't too difficult to work a workable recipe based on your own efficiency and the target abv.
An Ankoù
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Thanks Oneflewover and Sadfield. Yes, just the percentages and the target OG are sufficient to formulate a viable recipe. I had (obviously mistakenly) thought that these recipes had been contributed by the brewers concerned, particularly as the first one is from the author's own brewery, allegedly. And I'm annoyed with myself for blindly following a recipe without a thought for the grainbill. Like Oneflower, I don't usually follow recipes. Still, it'll be an excellent beer, I just won't know what Corbel is supposed to taste like.
Sadfield
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All the recipes are definitely from the brewers, and is possible the source of errors are from scaling from commercial brews. Likely, typos from formatting the artwork.
Anyone using this book? What do you think? It's one of the few brewing books I don't yet have and like the sound of the recipes although I'm not familiar with any of the beers.
Anyway it's just been added to my Christmas list
Anyway it's just been added to my Christmas list
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