Old Ale Recipe

Our Essex Ale Platinum strain is available through February. This strain is perfectly suited to brewing old ales such as in the recipe below.

English Olde Ale Recipe

Grist:

12lbs Pale Ale Malt

1lbs 6 oz Caramel 80L

12oz Caramel 120L

8oz chocolate malt

 

Hop additions:

60 minute Perle at 8%AA

30 minute UK Goldings at 5% AA

5 minute Uk Goldings at 5%AA

 

Water: Filtered Water with Gypsum (optional)

 

Pitch with Essex Ale yeast WLP022

 

17.5 degrees plato or 1.072 SG

38.5 IBU’s

25.5 SRM

Estimated ABV%: 7.0%