Soundawake Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 A favourite beer for my friends and I to drink is what we call a Gale - a beer started by a bar manager at the Worldsend Hotel in Adelaide. Its a pint of half James Squire Golden Ale and Half Coopers Pale. I was thinking of making a clone of this, but I'm a complete noob with this kind of thing. What I was thinking is a toucan recipe - 1 can light malt extract 1 can amber malt extract 300 dex POR hops for bittering and Amarillo hops for flavour/aroma. How does this sound? Am I off my rocker or would it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 A bit hard to say how it would be when the recipe is not complete and the chances are nobody has tried a beer called Gale. I often run leftovers into the one keg and sometimes turn out a cracker of a beer but that could range to having any brew in there. Some helpful information would be:.... How much hops are you using and how long are you going to boil them? Are you filling the FV to 23L? What yeast are you using? As it looks right now, I don't think this will be very close to a "Gale". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundawake Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 Hi Bill! Yep it would be 23L, I'd probably use re-cultured Coopers yeast. As for hop boiling.. no idea. Very new to hop boiling. Maybe a 5L boil, with an as yet undetermined amount of POR @30 mins, and Amarillo at 20 and 10 mins. Might give it a crack anyway... whats the worst that could happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Might give it a crack anyway... whats the worst that could happen? Thats the spirit! Although I am not sure you will get the same beer by trying to brew it all together. You may have to make two separate beers and mix them together. You'll know once you make it. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 To give an idea what to expect using: 20g POR @ 40 min 20g Amarillo @ 20 min 10g Amarillo @ 10 min IBU = 31.3 OG about 1.045 FG about 1.010 ABV 5.2% bottle (4.7% kegs) Very close to an APA style. I never said it would be a bad drop, I only commented that it wouldn't be the same as what you intended. I actually reckon it maybe pretty good myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundawake Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 Thanks for the info, I'll put it down soon and report results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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