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Offline GRIMREAPER

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Have an Abbot Ale or Greene King IPA Clone Recipe?
« on: March 04, 2016, 08:06:13 pm »
Found a few on line but they don't seem quite right for some reason.   Does anyone have a known good recipe for either of these?  thanks

Offline BrodyR

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Re: Have an Abbot Ale or Greene King IPA Clone Recipe?
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2016, 09:51:41 pm »
Nice - Did a semester abroad in cambridge and had quite a few of those on cask. The IPA was my first drink off the plane in a little pub called The Brook.

We know that it's Pale & Crystal Malt with First Gold & Challenger hops. 3.6%. Based on the color and taste I'd probably start with 7% UK medium crystal and adjust using maybe Marris Otter as the base.EBC is 17 so 8.6 SRM - may be able to use that to back into a Crystal estimate.

Not sure their yeast strain but that will probably play a huge part. Seem like UK brewers are a bit more secretive than US craft brewers.

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Re: Have an Abbot Ale or Greene King IPA Clone Recipe?
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2016, 01:09:57 pm »
My uncle (sam) gave me an all expense paid trip to just outside Cambridge for 6 years.  Pretty sure we kept Greene King in business back then.  Sure do miss the stuff.  Maybe i can get it dialed in.