Reading Ale
Pieced this recipe together from a couple others I found in an 18th century brewing text, adding some amber malt and dropping the coriander.
| Brewer: | Fish-Port Brewery | Email: | - | |||||
| Beer: | Reading Ale | Style: | English Old/Strong Ale | |||||
| Type: | All grain | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 37 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.075 | FG: | 1.018 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 7.3% v/v (5.7% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | Add 1 teaspoon of gypsum to mash. | |||||||
| Grain: | 9 lb. British pale 3 lb. British amber |
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| Mash: | 75% efficiency | |||||||
| Mash for 90 mins at 154° | ||||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.062 | 6 gallons | |||||
| 1 lb. Brown sugar | ||||||||
| Add whirlfloc tab 20 mins from the end, add 1/8 teaspoon of crushed or fresh ground Grains of Paradise 5 mins from the end. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1 oz. Nugget (12% AA, 60 min.) | |||||||
| Yeast: | White Labs Dry English Ale Yeast | |||||||
| Carbonation: | Bottle or keg using 1 1/4 light dry malt extract. | |||||||
Recipe posted 02/03/11.