Braggot recipe help!

[mjt1990]

hi guys. well i've been thinking that now i've done a few kit brews that i should probably have a go an extract brew, but rather then doing the average stout or IPA i'd thought i would do something abit diffrent and go for medieval style braggot. i've done abit of looking around and reading other recipes and i took note and came up with my own.....but just incase i've missed something out i would like one of you experianced guys to go over it for me. thanks

batch size:10 liters
boil size:4 liters
O.G:1065
F.G:1016
ABV:6.3
IBU:29

light LME-900g
Crystal malt 40L-200g
special B-75g
orange blossome honey-1kg

hops:
challenger-6g-60mins boil
east kent goldings-12.5g-25min boil
challenger-6g-last 5mins of boil
east kent goldings-12.5g-last 5mins of boil


thanks

[OldSpeckledBadger]

If it's a medieval ale then you probably shouldn't be using hops, especially modern varieties like Challenger. I'll leave aside the fact that malt would have been wood-dried which would have introduced a pronounced smoky flavour to the ale.

[mjt1990]

hi. thanks for replying. good point about the hops, i've seen on most websites that have info on braggot that it may or may not contain hops...and being a hoppy person i thought why not. and also your right about the challenger hop thing but i was just thinking about the flavour it would give to beer. oh and a big thanks about the smoked malt point i have to try and get a very suttle smoke in there without detroying the rest of the flavours

[EoinMag]

If you want it more authentic go for the older bittering agents such as heather tips or bog myrtle, that's what they'll mostly have used pre-hops

[mjt1990]

hi. well i know it sounds lazy (well ok its not only sounding lazy, i just am being lazy) but do you know where i chould get thoese from online. thanks

[mjt1990]

oh and i forgot to ask......if anyone has a authentic braggot recipe, chould they post it for me please. thanks

[EoinMag]

I saw a site recently that was selling bog myrtle and heather, not sure now where to be honest, it'd take a bit of googling, but I do remember it didn't take me long when I was looking. The other option is to get to moorlands and pick some bog myrtle yourself, it's out about now.

[mjt1990]

i would....but...im a bit of a dumb ass so i would probably pick the wrong thing and end up picking something deadly up
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[EoinMag]

http://www.homebrewit.com/aisle/2250

Bog myrtle is there, first site I found.

2410 SWEET GALE, (Myrica gale)
Also called "Bog Myrtle" & "Badge of the Campbells",