Dark ale recipe - Williams Ale
This weekend was a very special weekend, my little sister got married. The man she married last name is Williams, so as a celebration I brewed a dark ale. I bottled it in pint bottles and took it along to the reception.It went down very well indeed, it proved so popular there is none left now, it is only tuesday. I’ll be brewing up a keg of it for Christmas.Here is the recipe, based loosely on a hobgoblin recipe I found.
1.92kg pale malt extract
100g crystal malt.
40g chocolate malt.
50g Cara red grain
50g Maris Otter grains.
0.4 oz Progress hops
0.24oz Styrian Golding hops
0.24oz Styrian Golding hops.
This makes up a batch of 2 gallons, for any new recipe I start with 2 gallons then scale it up as I need later. If it tastes rubbish I don’t have 5 gallons to drink.
Start by steeping the grains and extract, for 20mins in water at 65C, then bring to the boil and add the progress and first batch of styrian hops. Boil for 45 mins then add the second batch of Styrian for 15 mins.
Add it to the fermenter and cool rapidly, make up to 2 gallons. Once cool enough pitch the yeast. The yeast I used was a real ale yeast from the home brew shop.
If you like you ales to be dark give this brew a go it is a good one.
September 9th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
That is awesome that your sister now has a beer to remember her wedding by. You also always know what to give her and her husband for anniversaries.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Ha ha I like your thinking, that would save a bit of money. He certainly liked it so it would probably be well recieved.
February 1st, 2009 at 5:49 am
This looks a good recipe i will definatley try it next xmas. I used to drink shipstones Nut brown ale has a youth,it used to come in quart bottles
with a screw stoper. I was having nostaligic thought’s about it at christmas and am looking for a good recipe. No Newci brown recipes please i am a Nottingham Lad.
February 26th, 2009 at 7:35 am
what a great idea it saves money still a great tasting one. I guess it really helped your sisters wedding i hope some one will do the same thing on my wedding day! cheers!
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May 6th, 2009 at 4:49 am
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June 25th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Brilliant idea mate. Nothing so special as someone making you something, even better if it’s beer! Just one question, where do you buy all your grains from?
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July 11th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
MMMmmmmmm excellent!!!!
July 16th, 2009 at 7:43 am
wow, that was really mouth watering recipies, i will surely try em up, congrats to your sister, but you have to keep one thing in mind, they yeast you use should be fresh, because old ones can cause food poison.
July 16th, 2009 at 9:33 am
First of all congrats to your sister, appreciable recipe, since you have used yeast here, i want you to suggest that yeast you choose, choose the ale one, then only the taste will blossom, it looks like a batch fermentation process, isnt it ? lemme try this one….
July 28th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Sounds like a tasty brew! I like the brown ales. Great blog btw
July 28th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
WOW, recipe looks pretty difficult to make at home, right? It would be a great disaster ever if ale will come out sucks
Especially on Xmas!
Anyway, my congratulations to your little sister!
August 31st, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Looks like my kind of dark ale. I never thought of bringing beer to a wedding–I usually am more of an embiber than provider at these sort of events! But I like the way you think outside the box.
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September 22nd, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Sounds like a great recipe and I want to try it. Is the 1.92kg pale malt extract liquid or dry ?
Thanks