- ldme 2.3kg
- black grain (crushed) 30g
- soft dark brown sugar 400g
- blended honey 250g
- bittering hops hallertau 40g
- bittering hops goldings 20g
if you can get hold of a bottle of chimay blue label then make a starter out of it but if not just use a good ale yeast eg. safale or wyeast abbey ale final volume 15litres.
Crush black grain, steep in hot water for 1 hour, strain.
boil all ingredients for 40 min then strain and adjust to 15 litres with cold water, wait to pitch yeast untill it reaches 25°C.
sit back and crack a cold one as usual
Or, to make the traditional 23L:
- ldme 3.5kg
- black grain (crushed) 45g
- soft dark brown sugar 600g
- blended honey 375g
- bittering hops hallertau 60g
- bittering hops goldings 30g
if you can get hold of a bottle of chimay blue label then make a starter out of it but if not just use a good ale yeast eg. safale or wyeast abbey ale final volume 23litres.
Crush black grain, steep for 1 hour, strain.
boil all ingredients for 40 min then strain and adjust to 23 litres with cold water, wait to pitch yeast untill it reaches 25°C.
sit back and crack a cold one as usual
