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Old Speckled Hen Clone

tasting notes

This clone is as close as I think I am going to get. Highly recommend
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malt & fermentables

% LB OZ Malt or Fermentable ppg °L
55% 4 0 Pale Malt (Maris Otter) info 37 3 ~
27% 2 0 Light Dry Malt Extract info 45 8 ~
10% 0 12 Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L info 34 60 ~
8% 0 9 Cane Sugar info 45 0 ~
Original Gravity
1.048 measured
(1.050 estimated)
Final Gravity
1.011 measured
(1.012 estimated)
Color
9° SRM / 17.73° EBC measured
(9° SRM estimated)
(Gold to Copper)
Mash Efficiency
75%

hops

use time oz variety form aa
boil 60 mins 0.917 Challenger info pellet 9.6
boil 15 mins 0.25 Challenger info pellet 8.6
boil 15 mins 0.25 Goldings, East Kent info pellet 5.0
boil 1 min 1.0 Goldings, East Kent info pellet 5.0
Bitterness
30.1 IBU / 9 HBU
ƒ: Tinseth
BU:GU
0.60

yeast

Wyeast Thames Valley Ale (1275) info
ale yeast in liquid form with low to medium flocculation and 77% attenuation
Alcohol
4.9% ABV / 4% ABW
(5.1% est. ABV / 4% est. ABW)
Calories
164 per 12 oz.

misc

use time amount ingredient
boil 15 min 1 tsp Irish Moss info
boil 10 min 1 tsp Yeast Nutrient (WYeast) info
u.s. units
metric units
comments
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Hello Stephen I'm enjoying reading your blog, britishbrewer.com and am very interested in the results of your brewing recipe experiments. I can get Old Speckled Hen at my local beer store in cans and I love it! I really want to brew a clone and I'd like to know if your attempt approaches the ideal! ttys gil

said Saint Denis Brewery about 2 years ago
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Sorry for the delay. It came out great. I am just working on converting to a partial mash. It really needs to age in the bottle for at least 6 weeks, was really smooth and the colour was awesome

said Stephen Jenvey about 1 year ago
Something very clever (not to mention beery).

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