Old Empire Recipe

[Western Brewer]

Anyone know of a clone of this by any chance. I love it.

[Western Brewer]

375g of hops That sound a bit excessive. Would you put that much in? Thanks for the info though.

[Andy]

*puckers lips*

[tribs]

375g of hops That sound a bit excessive. Would you put that much in? Thanks for the info though.

I wouldn't. Promash calulates that as 175 IBU. I've nearly finished a box of these and there is no way its that bitter.

[Andy]

It would be a brave man/women to lob in that much hops into a 23L brew!

[tribs]

According to Marstons website, Old Empire is made with

Optic Malt
Fuggles
Goldings
Late hopped with Cascade

I'm sure you could come up with a recipe from this. I'd say its moderably bitter, about 35 IBU, but with a huge amount of late hops to give that hoppy bouquet. I've found, in the bottle, it can either be great or mediocre. Its supposedly awesome in the cask.

[MartialAnt]

I know ive woken up an old thread but please can someone update some ideas on this. Ive just finished off my 8th bottle for breakfast. Its delish and i want to make it NOW!!!

I will be using extract not grain so what would be the equivalent malt extract weight?

Come on, im gagging for a keg full.

[steve_flack]

Its supposedly awesome in the cask.

Not with a sparkler it isn't. Tastes just like everything else. I had it in the Peak District a while back - underwhelmed.

[ADDLED]

I had a pint of it on draft a few weeks ago. Its a nice pint; golden/copper light maltiness, nice bite of alcohol, big hops and lots of late hop aroma, floral and oily hoppiness - not as pronounced iin yer face and fresh as the bottle version, but its there. And it was £1.99 a pint... in London. Admittedly it was a Wetherspoons pub, and I heard that they buy short dated beer, but I couldnt fault it.

I like the bottle version a lot as its one of my fave beers. My only criticism is that its far too quaffable for 5.7%, but thats hardly a worry really.