New Old Ale All Grain Kit

O.G: 1070 / Ready: 2 months

English old ale is like English brown ale's big brother: they both have the same caramelly/nutty malt character with toffeelike, roasty overtones - old ales just have a lot more of it, and they approach barley wines in terms of body and alcoholic strength. Our formulation includes a proportion of oats, which helps build a creamy, mouth-filling body and hold a dense tan head atop the deep reddish-brown beer. The unconventional addition of dark candi sugar boosts the gravity and adds a rich, rum-like dimension to the complex flavor profile. Although our old ale uses a healthy charge of hops, the overall impression is of malty complexity rather than hoppy and bitter. This beer does well as an after-dinner mug-filler.

Kit Inventory

Fermentables
  • 12 lbs. Maris Otter
  • 0.5 lbs. Simpsons Dark Crystal
  • 0.5 lbs. Golden Naked Oats
  • 1 lbs. Dark Belgian Candi Sugar (end of boil)

Boil Additions
  • 1 oz. Galena (60 min)

If you choose dry yeast
  • Safbrew S-33. Optimum temperature: 59-75° F.

If you choose liquid yeast
  • Wyeast #1084 Irish Ale Yeast. Optimum temperature: 62-72° F.

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