Treat water with the MSB before brewing to remove chlorine/chloramine. 0.5g per 25L
Make a 5L yeast starter a few days in advance and cold crash before brew day
Decoction mash is optional
For the decoction mash remove a large pan (approx 4kg) of grain and being to the boil then return during the heating cycle between steps
Pitch the yeast at 8-9C and ferment at 9-10C for 10-14 days or until the fermentation slows to almost nothing
Make sure you do a diacetyl rest for 3-4 days at 18c to clean up the flavours
Cool down to 10 to add gelatine
Cold crash a 0C for 7-10 days then transfer to keg
Leave it for at least 2 weeks to carbonate and smooth out before drinking.
Brewed with wyeast 2308 or White labs WLP860. Make sure you do a starter and give it a real boost of yeast to get a quick and clean fermentation.
Blind taste tests 3 out of 4 preferred this to real Camden hells and only 1 picked out the original as their preferred beer. You can tell a slight difference but it’s marginal and most people actually prefer this beer I’ve just tweeked the hops a little over time to get it even nicer.
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