James Squire Aust Strong Ale

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Tuesday Nov 15, 2005 7:17 pm

Enjoying a Strong Ale this evening and though 'I could brew this...'

The label states: "Squire reports having used a massive eight bushels of grain to make a 'hogshead of my best strong beer', and an equally heavy hopping rate of an ounce per gallon"

I hunted around the net and got a conversion of a bushel of barley being about 21.772 Kg, and a hogshead about 238 litres.

This works out to about 17Kg of grain for a 23 litre batch, but this figure seems a little (ok alot) high.

Anyone care to comment?

Cheers,
Greg

NTRabbit · Post by **NTRabbit** » Tuesday Nov 15, 2005 8:05 pm

The easiest answer if, of course, to use a calculator and add liquid malt extract until you get the desired ABV. How much of what and hopping I couldnt say, since I havent gotten around to trying the Extra Strong yet.

All grain, not a clue.

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Sunday Nov 27, 2005 7:41 pm

Been tinkering with this, let me know what y'all think.

Kit:
Coopers Real Ale
2 x Coopers Light LME
Safale S-04
Water to 23 litres

Extract & Spec grain:
15 Litre HG boil, 23 Litre brew

1 x Coopers Amber LME
2 x Coopers Light LME
250 gm Crystal (145EBC) Steeped
50 gm Northern Brewer (9% AA) 60 Minutes 25 IBU
25 gm Fuggles (4% AA) 20 Minsutes 5 IBU
Safale S-04

BG 1090 OG 1060 FG 1010

Cheers,
Greg.