This beer was inspired by my recent visit to the UK. I’m a big fan of the malt-driven, slightly flat and warm beers of London. Not that this beer fits that description. This is more of a bitter (as the name suggests) brew with rounded, malt-driven flesh. The name is in honour of my late grandfather Eric Kronborg – a big and somewhat bitter man… nah, thats a bit harsh, which is something I don’t want this beer to be.
This beer turned out quite well with good malty characters, but it was nowhere near as bitter as I had expected. I actually ended up adding the 75g @60min hop addition at the vorlauf (first wort). This resulted in a much softer hop extraction. I think I will increase the hopping rate to 100g of Northdown at 60 minutes. I’m hoping that this will stiffen the bitterness backbone of the ale. I will add the modified beer recipe at the bottom.
5.6% Alc. 46 IBU. 11.6 SRM.
Grain Bill (30L brew):
5.33 kg Pale Ale (Barrett-Burston)
0.7 kg Munich I (Weyermann)
0.7 kg Munich II (Weyermann)
1.4 kg CaraRed (Weyermann)
350 g Wheat Malt (Joe White)
400 g CaraMunich I (Weyermann) – Late Addition
Hop Schedule:
75 g Northdown (6.5%) @60min [43 IBU] – Dual purpose hop used in English bitter, dark ale and Irish stout.
45 g Fuggles (4.2%) @5min [3 IBU] – Aroma hop used to flavour English bitters and dark ales.
30 g Northdown (6.5%) @0min [Aroma] – Dual purpose hop used in English bitter, dark ale and Irish stout.
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