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Theakston Old Peculier (MM)

BeerXml file: 2025-02-07-Theakston-Old-Pecuiler.xml

Vital statistics:

  • Type: All Grain
  • Brewer: Bryan
  • Style: Old Ale
  • Length: 20 litres
  • Yeast: West Yorkshire Ale (Wyeast Labs 1469)
  • OG: 1.059 SG
  • FG: 1.016 SG
  • ABV: 5.7 %
  • Colour: 60.9 EBC
  • Bitterness: 31.1 IBUs

Notes:

Based on the OP recipe from the Malt Miller at https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/theakstons-old-peculier-clone/ I started with the recipe from Graham Wheeler's "Brew Your Own British Real Ale", but it seems like it's a little too simple a grist, so I decided to lean more in the Malt Miller direction. Using Bramling Cross as I a) have some in stock, and b) quite like the idea of a little blackcurrant in there. I also chose the Wyeast 1469 "West Yorkshire Ale" yeast, as it sounds about right (ok, Masham is North Yorks rather than West, but it's closer than Nottingham or Windsor!)

Fermentables:

Name Colour (EBC) Amount (kg) %
Low Colour Golden Promise®™ (Simpsons) 4.4 4.1 74.7
Crystal, T50™ (Simpsons) 133.0 0.34 6.2
Torrefied Wheat (Crisp) 5.0 0.34 6.2
Chocolate Malt (Simpsons) 1183.5 0.142 2.6
Crystal, DRC® (Simpsons) 300.0 0.113 2.1
Black Malt (Simpsons) 1666.5 0.085 1.5
Lyle's Golden Syrup 0.0 0.23 4.2
Molasses 157.6 0.14 2.6

Hops:

Name Alpha Form Amount (g) Time (mins)
Hallertau Magnum 14 Pellet 13 60
Bramling Cross 7 Leaf 21 15