All grain Carlton Mid / Carlton draught recipes ?

[SuperBroo]

Hi All,

Does anyone have any AG recipe suggestions for these 2 beers ?
My brew size is 23.5 Litres, and I'm new at AG brewing.

Cheers,
Chris, WA

[Trough Lolly]

Hi Chris,
If you're new to AG brewing, you might want to brew a more generic beer first and then gradually work your way towards a more exact replication of the beer in question.

In any case, you should use some brewing software to help keep a record of your efforts and to give an indication of what you're likely to end up with, once you've chosen the ingredients for the brew. These beers are pretty easy to make with kits and to be honest, they are something of a challenge to make with all grains and I gotta level with you - why would you go to the effort to make an all grain beer, only to have it end up tasting like carlton draught!!

I don't actually have an all grain Carlton Draught recipe but I would aim for a pale lager recipe and add plenty of Pride of Ringwood hops to bitter and flavour it with and help add a dry flavour note to the final product. A little bit of pale / light crystal malt (no more than 300g) and up to 500g of Dextrose in the boil would also be appropriate for this particular beer. Ferment with S-23 lager yeast or if you want to get fancy, a smackpack or tube of Danish Lager yeast and remember, keep the fermentation cool. Don't drink for at least 4 weeks and keep the bottle/keg cold to help develop and condition the beer.

The keys to making a good lager are: Fresh Ingredients, Temperature Control and Patience...

Cheers,
TL

[SuperBroo]

Cheers TL,
your reply is appreciated.

Yes, I have beersmith software, battling my way with everything.

I have temperature control for frementation and bottle storage, so all good there.

I know it might seem strange wanting to AG a Carlton Draught / Mid, but I actually like those 2 beers. So thats the style I'm sort of after.

I might take your advice though and just make a generic pale lager, and add some POR as a starting point, and use S23 yeast.

Will post here whatever I do...

... now hunting for a simple pale lager recipe...

Cheers,
Chris

[Tipsy]

I make a CUB clone.
I say it's for my mates but really I don't mind it either.

4-4.5kg Joe White Pils
30g Roasted Barley
300-500g Dextrose
22IBU POR 60mins

S-23 or that swiss yeast that Ross sells (can't remember the number)

I find with the roast barley and dex it comes out dry enough.
I have tried with small amounts of crystal but it doesn't work.

Edit: It came to me S-189

[SuperBroo]

Awesome, thanks Tipsy...

thats on the agenda now too...

all this beer to make and try.... love it


cheers,
Chris