Chris's Pub Ale - Monday, July 16, 2018 - ( Golden Ale )
Carboys Using Canadian English malt for the first time. No specialty malts this time ( 2.5 ozs. UK Choc for some srm ) as this is supposed to have lots of flavour on its own. It is also quite dark all by itself. We will see... Ingredients 21 lbs. OiO English Pale Malt 2 lbs. Carafoam 2.5 ozs. UK Choc 56.70 g Challenger - 7.8 % AA @ 60 min. 10 g Target - 7.3 % AA @ 60 min. 8 g Target - 7.3% AA @ 30 min. Nottingham ( 4 ) I couldn't get the wort down past 70 F as it is very hot out and has been for 3 weeks now. Tossed the carboys in the fridge to cool down for a few hours. Still took awhile to even do that. Yeast pitched at 6:45 pm. Wort was dark and bland, as in no biscuit or goofy flavours. I want that. Not a lot of hop bitterness so far, but of course it was sweet. Specs ( OiO ) say the colour is 2 L. Closer to 4 in my opinion, but it doesn't matter as I seem to have way more luck brewing darker beers than lighter ones. O.G. - 1.046 F.G. - 1.008 % -...