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Old Ale

Specifics

Style:

Category:	Strong Ale
Number:	19A

An ale of significant alcoholic strength, bigger than strong bitters and brown porters, though usually not as strong or rich as barleywine. Usually tilted toward a sweeter, maltier balance. “It should be a warming beer of the type that is best drunk in half pints by a warm fire on a cold winter’s night” – Michael Jackson.

Commercial Examples: Gale’s Prize Old Ale, Burton Bridge Olde Expensive, Marston Owd Roger, Greene King Olde Suffolk Ale , J.W. Lees Moonraker, Harviestoun Old Engine Oil, Fuller’s Vintage Ale, Harvey’s Elizabethan Ale, Theakston Old Peculier (peculiar at OG 1.057), Young's Winter Warmer, Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild, Samuel Smith’s Winter Welcome, Fuller’s 1845, Fuller’s Old Winter Ale, Great Divide Hibernation Ale, Founders Curmudgeon, Cooperstown Pride of Milford Special Ale, Coniston Old Man Ale, Avery Old Jubilation.

Yield:

50 liters

General Information

Method:	All Grain

Method:

All Grain

Scale Recipe

Enter desired final yield (volume):

liters

Malts and Grains

9.00 kilograms

Best Pale Ale Malz

78.9% of grist

1.00 kilograms

Best Rauchmalz

8.8% of grist

0.40 kilograms

Best Aromamalz

3.5% of grist

0.40 kilograms

Thomas Fawcett Amber Malt

Color (L):	55-70 °L
Info/Use:	Dry, mild coffee flavour, amber colour. Adjunct for bitters.

3.5% of grist

0.40 kilograms

Thomas Fawcett Brown

Color (L):	94 °L
Info/Use:	Dry, mild coffee flavour, darker amber hue.

3.5% of grist

0.20 kilograms

Thomas Fawcett Black

Color (L):	725 °L
Info/Use:	Strong, burnt coffee flavour. Dark brown.

1.8% of grist

11.40 kilograms

Total Grain Weight (Water Amounts

Water Amounts

Target Final Boil Volume:	50 litres
Evaporation Rate:	5.6 litres per hour
Boil Time:	90 minutes
Runoff Volume Needed:	60.5 litres	50 litres (final boil volume) ÷ 0.96 (cooling) + 8.4 litres (boil evaporation)
Grain Amount:	11.4 kilograms
Grain Absorbtion:	20.2 litres
Total Water Needed:	84.5 litres	60.5 litres (runoff) + 20.2 litres (grain absorbtion) + 3.8 litres (equip. loss)
Mash Water Needed:	28.5 litres	based on 1.33 litres per kilogram of grain
Sparge Water Needed:	56 litres	84.5 litres (total water) – 28.5 litres (mash water)

)

100% of grist

Adjuncts

0.25 kilograms

Brown Sugar, Dark

Hops

150.00 grams

Fuggle

Region:	United Kingdom, United States
AAU Range:	3 - 5%
Notes:	Mild, soft, grassy, floral aroma.
Typical Use:	Aroma, finishing, dry hopping.
Substitution:	East Kent Goldings, Willamette
Example:	English-style Ale, American Ale, ESB, Lager; Samuel Smith's Pale Ale, Old Peculier, Thomas Hardy's Ale; English ales

5% Pellets @ 60 minutes
Type: Bittering
Use: Boil

750 AAUs

150.00 grams

Total Hop Weight

750 AAUs

Boil

Total Boil Time:	90 minutes

Total Boil Time:

90 minutes

Yeast

Name:	London Ale
Manufacturer:	White Labs
Product ID:	WLP013
Type:	Ale
Flocculation:	Medium
Attenuation:	71%
Temperature Range:	19–22°C
Amount:	2000 ml

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