Burton Ale
Burton Ale from 2015 I wanted to create a high gravity beer that was special to me. I’d read about a mostly forgotten beer style in a book by Martyn Cornell called a Burton Ale, which seemed like the perfect thing to try. What I came up with is undoubtedly not a traditional Burton Ale, but my take on the style. I targeted the loosely defined style specs and to get to the gravity I wanted I decided to try a concentration boil. This recipe uses a 4 hour boil, intended to concentrate a standard strength wort into a high gravity wort and produce many complex flavours through Maillard reactions. Gravity and volume are tracked over time and hops are added when I determine 60 mins is left in the boil. I mash low to ensure fermentability of the high gravity wort. [Read more…]