Dead Stick landing (real Ale recipe)
300 grms of Glucose
400 light spray malt
25grms of Fuggles hops(steeped in about 1l of hot water)
O.G 1032 (I hope this should make a beer about 4.2%)
Make up the kit as normal, adding the extra hopped water. One tip is to fully dissolve the malt in hot water before adding to the brew, it doesn’t dissolve well in cold water.
I used a rehydration technique before adding the yeast to the brew. Basically take a sterilised mug or cup, add some boiling water then top it with cold water until the temperature is about 45C, the add the dry yeast and stir in it. Leave like this for 10 mins before adding into the brew. I try to get the brew to 22C before I add the yeast, by adding a mix of boiling water and cold water to get the temp right.
When this one has finished I plan to prime some of the bottles using normal glucose and some using honey. The honey variant shall be given the name ‘3 point landing.’ I reckon it makes the beer taste better with a suitably daft name( that’s my excuse at least).
It’s been a few months now since I first tried this recipe, I’m on my third batch now, it has been a successful recipe. Quite a few people have tried it and there have all liked, I think it is quite a moreish beer. The fuggle hops are not to over powering, it has a nice balance between malt and hops. The version that uses Honey to prime the beer makes for quite a different beer, when you drink it you get an instant taste of honey followed by the hops, the honey also smoothes the taste hops, so if you prefer a less hoppy pint then this is a good choice.
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