Canadian Eh!L Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Hey Gang, Put this one down today. It's a 1st attempt at a Wells Bombardier clone. 1.7 E. Bitter 500g LDM 274g 40L Crytal 200g Dex 150g Carapils 15g Challeger (20mins) 12g Challenger (15mins) 10g EKG (F-Out) ?g EKG (dry hop) 7g Cooper's ale yeast (F-out as nutrient) 23L water 11.5G S-04 pitched @ 22C cooled to 19C Any Wells Bomb fans out there other than me? How do you think this one might turn out? Should I dry hop and how much? I would like it to be close to the real thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Looks good Chad; I enjoy the Wells Bombardier. The few bottles I have had were around 5%. Your version is bit less than that. I can't recall the aroma (if any) so it might not be to style; but I think dry hopping 20-25g EKG would be a nice touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 Hey Hairy, I've calculated this one out to be 4.5% before bottling so it's close (WB 5.2%). There really isn't a lot of hop aroma to the WB. It's more of a malty, fruity thing going on. I am tempted though to hit it with some dry hops. I do hesitate though because the the E. Bitter can is suppose to have some late S. Goldings already pack into the kit. If i was to add too much it might spoil the effect I'm after.[unsure] Another interesting observation that I have made in my research of the brew is that in older bottles that I have collected over the years the recipe says it is hopped with Challeger and Goldings. More recently the recipe calls for Challenger and Fuggles.[pinched] Somewhere along the line they changed the late hops from golding to fuggles![surprised Can you do that? Anyways, I'm expecting good thing with this one whether it a WB clone or not. I think I'll hit it with some more hops! It is the Home Brewer's way after all. Isn't it?[devil] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Even if it doesn't end up an exact clone it should still be nice. If you find that you nail the malt and hops in this one then perhaps you should try it again with a nice english ale liquid yeast. Good luck with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 Thanks for the comments, Hairy.[cool] I went ahead and dry hopped it with a conservative 15g of EKG. What the hell, eh? We'll just have to see how this one turns up. I'll let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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