Group brew AK? Comments? Volunteers?

Any recipes you want, just let me know.

 

Been following that thread and am interested too.

 

I know I'm nowhere near the home brewer of the others that are going to get in on this. Nevertheless, I'm interested to give an AK a shot. Seems like the first thing to do is get an idea of what an AK actually is. Maybe we could start by posting a few different recipes here in the thread. I'm going to tag some of the folks that @drtth suggested we connect with here. Calling @wesbray and @AlcahueteJ. Also, I'm tagging my boy @JackHorzempa, as he has been an invaluable resource to me as I progress towards being a more competent homebrewer.

 

If historical accuracy is the goal, I'll be mighty surprised if anyone other than patto1ro is able to contribute to this recipe in a meaningful way. That said, I'd probably brew it.

 

Jesse, I would be happy to provide advice to you on how much yeast to pitch!

Cheers!

 

"mysterious post of Top 3 AK." LOL!

Cheers!

 

Hello all. I'm new here, but Ron linked to my blog in the original thread and I followed up to see where all my traffic was coming from. I've brewed a couple of the recipes for AKs that Ron and Kristen have posted in the Let's Brew segments at Ron's blog. I generally pick one based on the kind of beer I'm looking for (i.e. IBUs, BU:GU ratio, O.G.---things most homebrewers should have a grip on)---beyond that you might find that there isn't a whole lot to chose from between the recipes, except perhaps availability of ingredients (e.g. if you wanted to do the recipes as printed, the 1933 Kidd one on my blog would require finding Mild Malt---easy enough online, but perhaps unnecessary hassle). Kristen's brewing notes are usually a great guide, and I recommend reading as many of them as possible from different recipes. One other thing I would recommend if you decide to brew one of these is taking the time to make brewer's invert syrup. Demerara/turbinado sugar and golden syrup are OK as substitutes, but will taste different, especially in recipes that call for invert #2. You can find instructions for making syrups at the following link, and also in Ron's new book: http://www.unholymess.com/blog/beer-brewing-info/making-brewers-invert

Good luck with the brewing!

 

Hell yeah I'm interested.

 

Should be fun!

 

He's got recipes ready and wiring. :-)

 

I've made invert syrup using metic's instructions before and can certainly confirm it tastes different to just chucking in some demerera. It is also very nice in a cup of tea

The way I make it now is in a big metal pan and in the oven once it's up to temp, as I found I was having to constantly change the flame and stir to keep the temp in range, which was an annoying thing to do for forty five minutes. In the oven you can just leave it. You need to make sure your oven is accurate though as they can be out by quite a bit, but a temperature probe works fine

 

I'm in

 

I'm in!.....at some point. I'm in the process of moving next month, once I'm settled in my new place my next beer I homebrew will be an AK. From the previous thread and the recipe I read, it honestly sounds delicious.

Can't wait to see how my recent Fuller's Chiswick clone came out too.....

 

Sure, I might want a running beer soon. I am in.

 

I'm in

 

Count me in

 

going to go for a the highest AK abv wise in Ron's book

1880 whitbread FA

7.5lb pale malt 2 row
2.75 lb No 1 invert sugar
4oz cluster hops 60 min
4oz Fuggles 30 min

OG 1.053
FG 1.008
ABV 5.95%

IBU 122
SRM 7

mash at 152F
Sparge at 160F
boil time 90min
Pitching temp 58F

yeast:
wyeast 1098
wyeast 1099

will brew it Friday.

cheers