crouch vale best bitter

[duffname1969]

hi all, anyone tried the Crouch Vale Best Bitter recipe from the copperkettle home brewing complete All grain kit???

i find that the bitterness not quite there but sometimes can taste a burnt flavour , could that be the roast barley flavour coming through??

anyone else got tasting notes?? of this one??

[duffname1969]

hi all, just drinking the "Crouch Vale Best Bitter recipe from the copperkettle home brewing complete All grain kit" it has a quite a bitter taste and taste a bit woody?? if thats the right description , anyone know why this is??

[Klaus]

Just saw this thread, doing the Crouch Vale BEST BITTER tomorrow, BIAB style.
Taken the recipe from Marc Ollosson's book but bumping up the Pale Malt by a 100 grams to use up old stock.
Anyone got further comments on this?

Edit: just looking at the copper kettle product, it's got 80g of roast barley, whereas Marc's recipe says 305g of Crystal (and 4000g Pale). The roast barley gives the burnt flavour, I believe.