I drank one of these the other day and loved it! Thought to myself I've gotta try to make something similar, I know AG would be the best way to go but I'm not there yet. Has anyone brewed a kit/adapted a kit to make something similar? I looked at the cwtch kit as it's a red beer, is it close/similar? Any ideas please.
Hobgoblin Ruby beer
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Cwtch is soooooo much better than hobgoblin
marlon
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St. Peter's Ruby Red came out something similar when I brewed it last spring...I think....I can't re-test the theory, it's all gone. Anyway, it's a good ruby, if you like Hobgoblin, I reckon you'll like St. Peter's.
yeastinfection
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Cwtch ? Is that an abbreviation?
It's Welsh and I believe it's pronounced cutch
IainM
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Yeah, Hobgoblin is nice. My AG clone is going down way too fast. Leon is right, Cwtch is much nicer, but you can't really compare them.
You could do an extract version of Hobgoblin. For 20 litres, steep 400g crystal malt and 100g chocolate malt at 65C for 30 mins, then use that to boil 3kg light DME with 14g EKG and 14g fuggles for 60 mins, then chuck in 16g cascade and 64g styrian goldings 15 mins from the end - chill and ferment with a characterful English yeast, like Burton ale yeast, S04, or Empire ale. If you can't boil the full amount but have a 15L-ish stock pot, then do the boil in that and top up with water in the fv.
You could do an extract version of Hobgoblin. For 20 litres, steep 400g crystal malt and 100g chocolate malt at 65C for 30 mins, then use that to boil 3kg light DME with 14g EKG and 14g fuggles for 60 mins, then chuck in 16g cascade and 64g styrian goldings 15 mins from the end - chill and ferment with a characterful English yeast, like Burton ale yeast, S04, or Empire ale. If you can't boil the full amount but have a 15L-ish stock pot, then do the boil in that and top up with water in the fv.
nigelnorris
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It's a word that was used a lot in Gavin and Stacey, she used it to mean 'cuddle'.
Cwrw666
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That would be because that's what it is in English.
yeastinfection
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did you do the kit or all grain?
Here's an approximation of Hobgoblin I did a while ago by tweaking Coopers Dark Ale
http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=45050
Unfortunately I didn't take many notes but I must have brewed it quite short (18L?) to get that high an OG.
http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=45050
Unfortunately I didn't take many notes but I must have brewed it quite short (18L?) to get that high an OG.
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My comparison only goes as far as the real thing
Alside101
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i have an extract recipie but ive never brewed it so i cant say if its the same
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