Anyone done a Lia Fail clone?

[calumscott]

This is as close to a brewsheet as I can find...

Anyone care to help me work out something that might come close?

Malts: Otter pale ale, dark crystal, chocolate, malted wheat
Hops: Challenger, Cascade, Fuggles

Questions really are:

1) Relative quantities of malts, mostly MO clearly but what do the others bring to the party?
2) Hops I reckon Challenger is the bittering, Cascade a late addition and Fuggles at flameout and a little as a dry hop. Sound about right?

 

[calumscott]

And just as a starter for 10... Ingredients randomly lashed into Beersmith:

Batch Size (fermenter): 23.02 l
Estimated OG: 1.048 SG
Estimated Color: 51.2 EBC
Estimated IBU: 18.3 IBUs

Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU         
4.00 kg               Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC)         Grain         1        78.4 %        
0.50 kg               Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (236.4 EBC)   Grain         2        9.8 %         
0.30 kg               Chocolate Malt (886.5 EBC)               Grain         3        5.9 %         
0.30 kg               Wheat Malt, Ger (3.9 EBC)                Grain         4        5.9 %         
20.00 g               Challenger [7.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min      Hop           5        14.2 IBUs     
5.28 g                Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 mins)              Fining        6        -             
20.00 g               Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min         Hop           7        4.1 IBUs      
10.00 g               Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min          Hop           8        0.0 IBUs      
30.00 g               Fuggles [4.50 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days     Hop           9        0.0 IBUs

 

[LeithR]

I came across this post when I was looking for a clone.

This is a first class pint, I had a few last night in my club. It was on as a guest beer.

Thanks Calum, I've added it to my ever growing list of brews to do.

 

[calumscott]

take a look at the brewday thread - it didn't come out quite as I'd planned!!

A lot darker than Lia Fail and hoppier. A cracking pint nonetheless...