what kit is similar to a traditional ale?

TylerGuy said:

oops not black rock, its BIG ROCK

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Style: Brown ale
Colour: Deep copper with garnet flashes
Key Ingredients: Three varieties of hops, and a blend of caramel, pale and black malts
Character: This medium bodied Brown Ale fills your mouth with a fusion of toasty malt and sweet caramel up front finishing with a nutty flavour, medium creamy carbonation and mild hop bitterness.

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Big Rock Traditional Clone Take 4 (Damn we're getting close!!) (All grain)

For 10 Gallons

Grain Bill

2 Row 17.60 Lbs
Cara-Stan 2.00 Lbs
Black Patent 0.14 Lbs

Hops Weight Alpha Boil Type
(Grams) Time

Centenial 0.50 10.2% 60 leaf
Galenas 0.50 11.0% 60 pellet
Centenial 0.50 10.2% 10 leaf
Galenas 0.50 11.0% 10 pellet

Crush grains and mash in with 19.8 quarts of 170F water for a saccrification
rest at 145F. Mash for 20 minutes and add 5.9 quarts of boiling (210 here)
water for a dextrine rest at 158F. Mash for 60 additional minutes and sparge
with 170F water to make 13 gallons. Boil for 1 hour using the hop schedual
above. Chill to 65F and add 1.5 quarts of London Ale ESB yeast starter (3/4
quart to each 6.5 gallon fermenter). Ferment at 62F (the tempertature of my
basement) for 1 week and rack to secondary. Bottle or keg when clear.

Notes: Version 3 of this beer had 3/4 oz of the centenial and galena hops
for the 60 minute addition. It made for an outstanding beer, albeit somewhat
hoppier than Trad itself. The maltiness is the critical factor for this
beer, the longer dextrine mash and the ESB yeast have been important
contributers to the richness of the beer.

Good luck to all of you, I hope you enjoy the beer.

Doug.
Homebrewer, Chef and Weekend Warrior.

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