Almfamily
Well-Known Member
Yikes - I thought bottling for 2 hours was bad! Good thing is - this beer is worth it.
Ugh. Bottled 11 gal on Saturday. Bottled half w 4 oz brown sugar and all the caps are bulging now. Having to slowly release the pressure and re crimp the caps. Anyone else have this problem w brown sugar???
I need to start kegging!
All the ones w brown sugar. The other half I bottled w cane sugar. The cane bottles are fine.
Beer was really clear when I bottled as well (not a lot of sediment). But there is a lot of sediment in the bottles now. House is kept between 72 & 74.
NEMaker--if you use the wyeast 1968, it's pretty close to Fuller's ESB. Even closer if you get the OG up to 1.059--1.060 and leave out the 140L crystal malt. Drinking one of my own right now, for which I subbed Target for the FWH and doubled the late hops additions (and used US Fuggles, since that's what I could get). It's a shade darker than Fuller's, and fresher, so it's better.
It can be done. I'd give it 3 in fermenter and cold crash.
I still bottle and noted at 2 weeks last time it did this. There was a big difference between weeks 1 and 2 in the bottle (4 weeks total). I also used US-04.
Esb does not need that much carbonation so maybe 3.5 weeks???
To be honest, I'm not quite sure. I usually us 4 oz of table sugar for my non English beers, and use maybe 3.5 oz for the English. Not sure what it equates to though.
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
10.00 lb UK Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (1.4 SRM) Grain 90.91 %
0.75 lb UK Medium Crystal 50-65L (56.5 SRM) Grain 6.82 %
0.25 lb UK Dark Crystal 135-165L (150.0 SRM) Grain 2.27 %
1.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.50 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 30.4 IBU
0.25 oz Fuggles [4.00 %] (20 min) Hops 2.0 IBU
0.25 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.50 %] (20 min) Hops 2.8 IBU
0.25 oz Fuggles [4.00 %] (0 min) Hops -
0.25 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.50 %] (0 min) Hops -
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.054 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.054 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.014 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.014 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.17 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.21 %
Bitterness: 35.3 IBU Calories: 241 cal/pint
Est Color: 10.4 SRM Color: Color
Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 13.75 qt of water at 173.3 F 154.0 F
10 min Mash Out Add 8.00 qt of water at 198.3 F 168.0 F
Sparge with enough water to achieve desired boil volume.
This beer was formulated with the goal of recreating a very traditional ESB with authentic British ingredients. Keeping the grain bill as simple as possible and balancing the malt and hops has produced an easy to make authentic English ale.
It is named for the fact that I can easily imagine a beer very similar to this being drunk in large tankards in the common room of inns by weary travellers in your favorite fantasy novel. Whether washing down a roasted chicken or being enjoyed by itself with friends, I hope you get similar feelings when drinking this ale.
Order the recipe from BMW here: http://www.brewmasterswarehouse.com/recipe/96cd746d/kingbriani-common-room-esb
Brewing this one today, scaled down for 3 gallons. Using Nottingham, since I'm too lazy to make a starter. Can't wait to see how it turns out!
-Dan
Sorry about the partially full glass. It was a 16 oz. glass and a 12 oz. bottle. This beer has awesome balance. If you like malty beers you'll love this beer. If you like hoppy beers you'll appreciate this beer though it's no IPA hop bomb. The hop aroma and flavor are pronounced and blend perfectly.
There's always the old stand-by: bleach.
I was under the impression sanitizing with bleach is taboo around here lol
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