Homemade beer, homebrew beer, homemade wine
Homemade beer, homebrew beer, homemade wine
Homemade beer, homebrew beer, homemade wine
Homemade beer, homebrew beer, homemade wine

Dark ale recipe - Williams Ale

Dark AleThis 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.


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18 Responses to “Dark ale recipe - Williams Ale”

  1. Fred from Suntrust Online Banking Says:

    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.

  2. Dave Says:

    Ha ha I like your thinking, that would save a bit of money. He certainly liked it so it would probably be well recieved.

  3. jeff sheard Says:

    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.

  4. Josh from Herbal Vaporizers Says:

    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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  9. Amy from Free Xbox 360 Says:

    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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  11. Dave from Best Alcoholic Recipes Says:

    MMMmmmmmm excellent!!!!

  12. Mark Slater from healthy lifestyle Says:

    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.

  13. Mark Slater from healthy lifestyle Says:

    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….

  14. graham from promotional pens Says:

    Sounds like a tasty brew! I like the brown ales. Great blog btw

  15. lelik from Traditionl Russian food Says:

    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!

  16. Simon from Recipe Box Says:

    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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  18. Kerry Says:

    Sounds like a great recipe and I want to try it. Is the 1.92kg pale malt extract liquid or dry ?

    Thanks

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